I live in the water
I float on the sea
clouds in glass images
move through and past me
I hold to the rock
I hold to the earth
comforted by strength
to death from first birth
but there comes the dark
and the waves sometimes rise
I lose sight of my rock
under tumult and black skies
thoughts drown face down
heart beats staccato fear
my mind reflects storm
like an unfaithful mirror
then in the midst
of the tempest I grope
I remember my rock, my earth
my foundation, my hope
there’s light past the empty
there’s life in the gloom
I can stand on the water
I can face down this doom
till there in the mist
in the rain and shades’ odd
my Christ, my earth,
my rock – my God!
Harnessing Chaos 