Love + War

Both the beauty and the horrors of creation begin at the ocean.

Aphrodite rose from the sacrilege of a man’s pride.

The roughness reminds us that this is not easy.

To have creation you must first have destruction.

Energy cannot be created out of nowhere

but rather transformed into something more suitable.

I’ve gone down to the ocean

and felt the cycles of war and love

remain immortal.

You cannot create peace without first ending war.

You cannot create love without first destroying hate.

And I couldn’t create inner balance

without first desecrating you.