Tidal Man

A wave washes over you, before you know the water retreats.
It overwhelms you and then it’s gone,
Only to return with a greater force.
The current pulls you in and you learn to swim,
Until the ebb takes away the water.
You’re left to stand on ground, not solid though,
it’s soft and wet, you slowly sink in.
The tide returns and frees you again. You float,
yet you know that it’ll retreat once more.
And each time, you’ll get stuck deeper in the mud.