When the waters rise, so should we...

What a fool I must seem,

waiting, undue preparation for a threat we haven't seen.

I'ts not a gesture of "I told you so,"

I stifle the self-righteous, in hopes that you will grow.

I don't want to see this beauty, left upon the wayside.

Waste time! Make time? The difference is that they tried!

Come! Just listen, please don't dismiss me.

I don't claim to know it all, but I know the end comes swiftly!

Not warned they might say, for all that it's worth.

With reckoning upon us, it's time for our rebirth!

Rebirth of our attitudes, our spirits and our thoughts.

Rebirth that we may stake our claim for that which we have fought.

The splendor we've beheld, can't compare to what we'll see.

Just as the way you were, can't compare to what you'll be.

Don't ever fear the future, although it might displace us,

Our goal is to stay humble, vigilant and gracious.

Identify your ends, don't fret upon the lengths,

the task is not too arduous, no matter what your strength.

Whenever waters rise, brother so should we,

destroy the keys to our demise, whatever they may be.

When all the ocean's weep, and offer us no rest,

only then ,will it no longer matter who is best.

When the torrents rage upon us, with the fury of a God

hopefully our eyes will see, how beautifully we're flawed.