On the Water

I was on the water

When it began to heave

And at the fight

My words were strong

But I would not have imagined that they'd stop making patterns

It's caps of white

Raised and broke I fasten to the boat

The panic overtook me and the fear I held within

I drew a breath and I tried to find the courage

To stand the troubled trip

What have I gotten myself into

I silently wondered

I silently asked

I thought of my family and thought of my love

I thought of my maker and what might be above

And the cabin in the woods that I have not yet built

Many other things that I hold dear in this world

I rode through the turmoil and rode through the strife

I held to my words andI clumped to my life

And then when my vision began to blur

This is what I saw in the thought that had occurred

I saw every fish swimming fast beside me

And all kinds of leafs from all different trees

And all of the insects that circle on the earth

Birds and land animals are reaching towards birth

And I saw my body on a body of water

And I could see that we were the same

Roaring and reckless invulnerable

Emotion and swinging and predisposed to changing

When I open my eyes vision respell

I picked up my oars and I kissed the coldness with stronger arms

I silently swear

I silently drifted

I silently wept