sink, swim or make do
Moving water
Drowns the man
Who stands still
We are not
Here
For mediocrity
We are not here
To make do
I don't pretend
To know
What we are here
For
But pretence
Of a life
Is a cardinal
Sin
And doing what
We do
Because
Other people do
Because
It's what other people
Have done
Because
Other people expect
Because
The walls
Close in
Is no excuse
We learn
To tread water
When we learn
To swim
So that we bob
Above
The unpredictable
Waves
And we have
Armbands
And stabilisers
To protect
Our way
So why
Once we grow
Into the thing
We call our skin
Do we bloat
Why do we forget
What we are
The minute
We start
To realise
What we have
Why do we
Lose the fight
At the exact moment
We have learnt
To see
The waves
In our lives
Are the moon
Reminding us
Of the water
That we
Must surf
If ever
We are
To do anything
Other
Than simply
Survive
