Tidal Waves

This is all I seem to be able to do now
Tread water and try to keep my head up
Each Wave that crashes I have to wonder how
I’m still alive and breathing, albeit choking up
These Tidal Waves that come with warnings few
To drown me in my sorrows and regrets and err
Do take me deep down in the Depression Sea blue
Making me wonder how much more can I bear?
Till the Wave passes and I reach for the surface clear
Most oft another Wave has already come and slams me back
To leave this Sea and its Tidal Waves, never is what I fear
To join the land or my boat or even another, trying to get on track
Still, I keep kicking my legs and stretching my arms out far
As each Tidal Wave pounds me and tries to make me break
Still, I struggle and resist the urge to give up on my shining star
The Tidal Waves are strong and their lengthy toll I do take
Mayhap, one day I’ll break like an old log against the stone
Shatter to jagged little pieces with no hope of becoming whole
Or, mayhap, I’ll be the mighty stone upon which Tidal Waves brake
And I shall be strong against the World, as iron fills my bone
To be able to conquer the Tidal Waves, all you have to do is roll.