Ripping tides,
throwing horses,
hurling seabirds to the sky,
thrashing rock into sand, wrecking
the abandoned homes of limpets and clams,
reducing it all to grit and foam,
beaching itself in exhaustion,
receding;
the sand dries,
the rock stands
and starfish wait like wishes
for the next rising tide: such is my prayer;
beware of the undertow.
It has a warrant of its own.
About Rosalind C Hughes
Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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