true words seem paradoxical

Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it.

The Ship that took us down

Now as to address the Ship which took us down
We never spoke of it ill
though we knew it had a tempestuous soul which bore us little mind
Still we went adrift aboard its hull
and braved along its side
and as it went to deepest depths it hauled along our spirits
and it lay itself to rest with us its fondest company, nestled therein