Heart
racing like the tide
ebbing and flowing without
volition, permission
battering this vessel
battered by the moon
and its phases
fading
Do not be afraid
of ghosts
conjured of foam
and fearsome prayer
on the cusp of
translation
Take
a step
my hand
my life and let it be
take heart
the storm by its horns
a bucket and bail, kneeling
at the back of the boat
It is
I am
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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