a tidal wave
   with a typhoon
              on the side
this is not just
   some
        rollercoaster
                  ride

a hurricane
   with a cyclone nearby

smash crash
or flying high
roaring headlong
         headstrong
whoosh high
whoosh splash
whoosh

   who knows?
   except ...

I wouldn't miss this
   for all the tea in China
   for all the diamonds in a mine

seven dreams are unrolling
seven hopes uncoiling
seven years of toiling

and now

a tidal wave
   with a typhoon
        on the side

wouldn't miss it for the world
I am not watching the world go by


riding high
riding low
riding sideways
riding slow
riding swift

running rapids on a raft
riding a biplane through a mountain pass
      doesn’t get as high
          as a typhoon
                  with a tidal wave on the side

wouldn't miss it for the world


THAT WAS THEN

THIS IS NOW


once again
a tidal wave
   with a typhoon on the side

once again
a hurricane
   with a cyclone nearby

but this is not a joyride
a joyous adventure
a rip-roaring quest

instead, a tidal wave
of deceit and lies
smoke and mirrors
poison pills
destruction and death

the intent?

as far as I can see

to defeat
to devastate
to lay waste my world


once again
I don’t stand idly by


my quest
to be part of the turning the tide


time to turn the tide

Elsa

first part - January 23 and 30, 2001
second part - October 2, 2021

© copyright Elsa Schieder, 2001, 2021, 2024, all rights reserved


Detail of painting by George Horak

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