Adrift Through Time
Our souls
like ships
have been set
adrift through time,
pushed by
wandering winds,
pulled by
strong cross currents.
Sometimes slackness
in the sails
brings rest or boredom
with no forward speed
or direction,
and our soul-ships
are stagnant and empty.
Other times our soul-ships
have spotted each other
in the distance,
and we prayed for strong winds
to fill the sails
and God to steer us
so we may at least
pass by close enough to touch.
Over the course
of our lives
our soul-ships
have passed each another
many times over,
and a few times
we’ve followed one another
into the nearest port
for some R & R.
Then the storms of life
blew through
and again we were set
adrift through time,
blown in different directions,
perhaps never to sail
in the same waters again.
But, recently,
as fate and fair winds
would have it,
our soul-ships
are sailing together once more
on a roughly parallel course.
And when
the rough seas of life
try to tear down
our masts
or cause us
to drift apart,
I hope our love
will always keep us
tethered together,
so we’ll never lose sight
of each other again.
With our soul-ships
tied together
and God guiding us,
we’ll never be lost at sea
or separated again,
and finally we will be allowed
to sail through
the rest of time together.
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