when I was younger
drama was
exhilerating

calm days
building and cresting
with passion
gentled the waves
only to crest again

life swelled
crested
calmed
only to
repeat

when I was younger
I reveled in the trough
and swell
energy that capitvated
and invigorated

but I am no longer
younger
and I yearn for the gentle
undemanding
tide