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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The waves are messy today;</p><p>-</p><p>without rhythm they thrash</p><p>mercilessly onto the sand.</p><p>-</p><p>The deep blue body</p><p>disrupted throughout</p><p>with rebellious white patches…</p><p>-</p><p>Splatters of Splashes</p><p>which grow and grow and grow.</p><p>Creeping toward the shore</p><p>- Relentlessly.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/400/0*IKdWFjppsr1e5hHu" /></figure><p>Liquid so white from punching</p><p>the ground beneath it</p><p>- Unforgivingly.</p><p>-</p><p>Changing forms</p><p>- apparently -</p><p>from it’s forceful interaction</p><p>beneath the surface;</p><p>-</p><p>The ground</p><p>Unmoving,</p><p>Unwavering,</p><p>Unlike the sea</p><p>- active is She.</p><p>Changing, Moving, Rising, Falling.</p><p>-</p><p>She Flows every direction</p><p>- Undoubtedly -</p><p>without preference.</p><p>-</p><p>&amp; as the sand differs,</p><p>Would Her liquid form maintain</p><p>without the face of a solid counterpart?</p><p>-</p><p>. . . To accept the Break.</p><p>-</p><p>The vast forces thrust</p><p>wave after wave after wave.</p><p>She breaks and grows back into herself.</p><p>-</p><p>Just like the Heart -</p><p>-</p><p>breaking against that which differs,</p><p>guaranteed to flow back into that from which it originates.</p><p>-</p><p>Becoming Whole again</p><p>to Break again.</p><p>Such is The Circle.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=e8348718bd13" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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