A Changing Tide

change (v.) - to make the form different from what it is or what it would be if left alone

I can feel it coming

That impending darkness

That cloud of change

It’s ready to swallow me up

And take me to a new place

But I don’t think I’m ready

I don’t know if it’s my time

Whether I like it or not, though,

This force will take a hold of me

I want to warn someone

Let them know that things may be different

I may not be here someday

But will anybody care?

It feels as if they are already prepared

Just waiting for this wave to take them

I don’t want them to leave before me

Can’t we all be taken away together?

This is not how I wanted the end to come for us

We were meant to stay together forever

At least, that’s what we told one another

But now I have that feeling in the pit of my stomach

Change is coming, and it’s coming fast

Hold on tight

You never know when that feeling will grab hold

I won’t lie and say I’m ready

Because I’m not

I will tell myself, though, that I’ll prepare

This force will not push me

I will be ready for the change to come

Whether or not they come along with me

I can’t hold their hand and guide them

We will see each other on the other side someday

The change may occur gradually for some

Or it may come upon us all fast

All I know is that I will be ready

Because I want to see what happens next

In this crazy ride we call life