The poems in this collection embody a philosophical theme that, like the tides of the ocean, life is made up of opposing forces - ebbs and flows, ups and downs, highs and lows - and that each of these complement one another to make up a whole or cycle. Through the words of these poems may you feel the contrasting movements of the different "tides of life" - the courage and fears, the optimism and pessimism, the hope and despair- which we all feel as humans.