Weathering the Storms
The winds lash you and whip you
The waves lift you up
and crash you down
It is stomach churning
You feel you can't take another wave
Or another trough
Just please let it be one or the other!
But no
On they come
Up, up, up you ride the wave
Terrified because you know it will peak
And then the crash down into another trough
Please make it stop, you beg
On your knees you plead
Please just make it stop
On your knees you plead
Please just make it stop
But on the wind whips you
And on the waves and troughs
Take you up and down
God, make it stop
Please make it stop
You look about you
Your ship is battered
Your sails torn and shredded
How can this go on?
How much longer?
Impossible
It is impossible
Clearly impossible
So battered and broken
Such relentless storms
And wave tossed seas
And then the sea beckons
The only way to escape the seas
And the storms
Is to succumb to the seas
Let them take you under
Then it will stop
Peace will come
But wait!
There is the moon!
If you could just use the light of the moon
Maybe it will guide you to a safe port
The seas and winds calm
Yes, there is hope
Your heart rises
So you gather your courage
Get the best out of your battered ship
And on you sail
There is no port but there is the moon
And some stars
The day brings some sun
These will surely guide you to safety
You have weathered the storm
Then you feel it
The seas are rising
You turn your eyes skyward
to look for guidance
But you see no moon, no stars, no sun
The skies have darkened
The winds are rising
The seas churn again
And that slim sliver of hope
That had sustained you
Vanishes under the waves
Torn away by the winds
Clouded by darkness
And that slim sliver of hope
That had sustained you
Vanishes under the waves
Torn away by the winds
Clouded by darkness
Your stomach churns with the seas
Feeling every wave
Every trough
The frothy waves and fierce winds
Have become you
You look inside
And feel you have become
the storm
Have become the darkness
Have become the darkness
You are in the storm
and have become the storm
And the darkness
And the darkness
Nothing is as it was
Who is this dark monster inside you ask
How can I let this be?
And again the seas beckon
Come to us, they say
We will take it away
No! You cry
Yes, it replies
Only the sea can drown your pain
Your suffering
Your sorrow
Only the sea can calm the storms within
Your eyes scan the seas and skies
Looking for signs
A sun, a moon, stars
Part of you knows they're there
Lights in your life
Yet the skies are so dark
The seas rising and falling
and churning your very soul
And the sea beckons
But we are there
Your sun
Your moon
Your stars
I know you can't see us
I know how hard it is
But behind the clouds
Those terrifying dark stormy clouds
We are there
Just weather this one more storm
Just weather this one more storm
