"Stillness"

by Marshall McGurk

The cycle of life flows like water,

            from spring to unstoppable sea.

Snowfall thaws atop the tree-line;

            transforms into brook and river stream.

God’s deluge cascades down, strengthening

            the swift current grown full, wide, and deep.

Unstoppable force: winds and weaves,

            down the mountain without rest or sleep.

Droplets, once formed, bind interconnected with all.

            Until one day: stillness. A great, grand stillness,

swept across the vast oceans; alone, yet all one.

            Grand depths filled throughout tides ebb and flow

along shores, rising and waning. Each soul like water:

            A relentless rise and fall of cycles; stillness.

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Marshall McGurk is currently on active duty. He has served in the 4th Infantry Division and two Special Forces Groups and is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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