Fool's ride....

as the tide turns , you lunge forward..
desperate to beat the tide..
oars harnessed on fear strung hands..
you hear splashes around you..cries for help..
you know you will make it..
you aren't meant to fail...
the tide seems ebbing away and the shimmer of hope gains strength....
setting foot on the crumbling sand , your heart leaps of joy..
you turn around to embrace the reason for the final flourish...
your guiding light..
realisation dawns..the light was never there...nor was a tide..all along..it was a fool's ride..