Robinson JeffersThe tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is in me Older and harder than life and more impartial, the eye that watched before there was an ocean.
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The sea is a part of who we are, not what defines us. When we are young, the ocean seems huge, but it is an ever-changing force that can take control of everything around it. We are all affected by the sea because it has power over our lives, but it cannot own us. It surrounds us and enriches our lives, but it does not define us.
When we lose control of the ocean, we lose control of anything else that changes with the tide. The tides are in our veins, we still mirror the stars, life is your child, but there is something older and harder than life and more impartial than the eye that watched before there was an ocean.
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