Rising Tides

While cruising through the rugged sea of life There are times, we feel we are cut by a knife Like the sea, life changes with every turn And quite often we feel the burn Unexpected into life’s placid seas, When the violent wind heavily blows, The calm we experience would seem just a flash And fear the vessel we are in may anytime crash Lanterns get blown by the wind With no gleam of light to be found Many a time the tears that we cry We can’t find why, however hard we try Those whom we keep so close to our heart May betray us and in our need, desert Sometimes life appears so daunting With dark thoughts haunting There are times, we feel life is one of strife With challenging threats and fears rife How many times we feel so thoroughly spent And wonder when such dark thought would end When confronted by life’s crises We feel we are slipping into a bottomless abyss On our shoulders when life becomes a crushing load To whom else shall we seek for aid, but the Lord? When life flips over like an apple cart To who else shall we raise our grief leaden heart?