Heart

Deep inside my heart

A thousand tears I cried

And you will never know the reasons why

For in the silence

These crosses are mine to bear

The intersections of spirit and matter

Within the horizontal and vertical planes

Of what is shattered

Or scattered to the winds

Tear upon the soul

For only heaven knows at times

The path we follow

And how often its tangled way

Disappears along the journey

And all I hear that resonates now

Is the ocean breathing

While I feel the impact

Of all the leavings

Watching as though so many boats were wrecked

Within the storm

(not just a powerful metaphor)

As memories call

Floating up to the surface

Amidst the storm

Only this I know

For sure

There is no turning back

And what ever the cost or weight of it

We must press on

For living asks this of us

To surrender what was done to God

And live on

With forgiveness for the whole of it

Breaking open like a wave

Deep inside the stormy ocean cavern

Of our heart