Secure Against All Storms

A maelstrom of unbidden memories

Engulfs my waking hours and my sleep

Is troubled by the violence of seas

That inundate and massive waves that leap

Upon the unsuspecting heart at will.

Only the sacred name keeps me afloat

In turbid waters that hold me captive still.

Against the winds of death a tattered coat

Of prayer is my protection in the vast

Ocean of instability where tides

Of grief would swamp me now that love has passed

Beyond the realms of life and God abides

Silent with a veil upon His face.

In this fragile craft I ply my destiny

Seeking through fog that mystic island place;

Secure against all storms I sail to Thee.