Image by Joel Hatfield via Wylio

































Cold as ice—

This boat, it's drifting far from

Paradise.

Lost inside. I'm shaken like the waves

That churn.



Catch my light—









The flare that burns its way

Across the night.

I watch the red give way to

Fog-stained skies.

Until the silence

Screams my fears.



Waters rise—

I gasp from dreams that rob

My sleep at night.

The ocean pulls me to the

Edge, I try

To keep myself from

Plunging in.



Black-foamed lies—

The jolt, it sends me to my

Knees; I cry,

Or is it rain that stains my

Face this time?

Forget the angels, I need You.



Winds, they change—

Is that a cloud, or shore

Beyond the gray?

My chest, it breathes again

Without the pain.

You steer the current,

Guide me home.



Copyright 2016 by Ashley Williams