Life is like the ocean

Peaceful, patient, perfect

Coming in slow, small, swells

Gliding across the water

The waves slowly parting

The hull, easily cutting open the water

Going into the abyss of the ocean

Departing into nothingness of blue

Life seems tranquil

Problems are low

Solutions are easy

Treading easily above the water

I could do this forever 

I feel sightless

It hits suddenly

As the storm comes

The peace flees

So do the seas

The waves reach the heavens

Towering over the earth

Struggles hit me in the face

Like the water hits the shoreline

The waves keep coming

It's too late to escape

My head fighting to be above water

Once it is for that split second

I gulp as much air as I possibly can

I know I won't be back above anytime soon

The stress comes over me

Too much homework, so little time

From school 

To basketball

To volleyball

There’s no end

I just want to get back

To when the waves were shallow

The tides were small

Where life was easy

And where my head was fully out of water