Mother Nature

Our many voyages

of desert and sea

the harshness observed..

smooth cushioned water

becomes raging storm..

a splitting violence

this external turbulence

kindles jolts of anger

 then fear and supplication..

finally the Question..

 tumult and danger

seem forceful prompts

suggesting surrender to

veils of indifference..
yet some find now

new possibility arising 

to trace one's journey:

 jagged roaring storm

stimulates and brightens

fading light within..

in these extremes

depths awaken heights

new sisterhood appears..

in one's journey log

a backward look

records hidden leaps

of courage and faith..

real awareness

of one's precarious 

life String... 

see Stephen Crane

"The Open Boat"