Will.

The dumbing down of love.
The clear past of seeing what this place
can do to you.
The bitter drops that fall with
violence,
loneliness...
Ego torn between...destroying it's balance.
Just think --
Life is a journey to bob on the surface,
like a fallen leaf, lifting or sinking with a gradual grace.
Only surrendering when the wave manipulates
an extreme attack of power.
Will I let it beat me?
YES.
Only to whip my head right back to where it began.
The reality is, I live to feel the extremes.
I will take the challenge like a knightly born dart
resting proudly in the bull's eye.

--snippet from "Surfing the Surface"