Wind and Circles and Yin and Yang

The ocean seems so friendly
when you're sailing with the wind.
All problems seem to slip behind
oh, they'll be back again.

For as there is smooth sailing,
there are also stormy seas,
and one begets the other
for the sake of harmony.

The world's a perfect model
in the fact that it is round.
All the woes you leave behind
are apt to be refound.

They may not seem familiar
when approaching from behind
so we sail again right into them
before we have the time

to change our course, an act, a word
some quality we lack--
attractions to the types of things
we do with conscience slack.

It's not all bad, however,
for all yins there is a yang.
Our winds will change direction
and our different fates will hang

in the balance that we're striking
with the choices that we make
knowing that there's consequence
for the path we want to take.