Where Hope Lies

You can drown
In a cup
Of water
I have
Heard it said

I reflect
On this truth
As the bucket
Weighs my arm
Before I bail

The sea
Now calm
Casts an eerie
Pall, the shadow
Of the master

Falling upon me
As I crouch
In the bow
I trust
In the Lord

For protection
So why
Do I wish
To fly
To the shore

Because God sends
The rain
And the wind
And the waves
Of the storm

On the wicked
And the righteous
Alike as I
Have heard
The Master say

And I know
Not which
I am
So where
Is my faith

In the back
Of the boat
Lying down
Asleep and
Dampened.