On the Water

On the Water -Great Lake Swimmers

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 and

I 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