Rising Waters

“Where are you”, you who once said

Be still, all is well and the storm fell

Silent then, but this is now and the

Clouds are crowding across the skyscape

Of my world; “where are you” now?

Now, as the rain starts to fall, turning

Ashes into un-treadable mud, my heart

Runs in rivulets like candle wax till

It’s misshapen and cold, breathing its

Last. Heaven’s love is seen no more,

Even the memory battered and bitter now;

“where are you?” The floods rise, crushing

My existence and I try so hard to swim

But my brokenness makes me sink down

Where Life is only a word, and it’s all

I can do, one last cry out to you

As I let go of my very self, sightless,

Heart stops with a final sigh, “where…

Are you?”

Bursting through the waters, a great power

And strong arms enveloping my soul

As life returns to my empty insides,

And as a hand waves over my eyes

So sight so sweet is restored,

I see Love, lighter than all darkness,

And the dearest whisper, “Here I am.”