I will not drown in shallow water

Because I’ve come too far this time to falter.

Instead I’ll lie before this altar

Hoping… praying I will float.

I will not fall if there is wind to carry

And all my faults, I will bury

Leaving behind the woes of wary

Allowing me to walk.

I’ll call on grace when lost and battered

Reaching out, broken and shattered

But standing on my own two feet

Coming to my resting place…

            … Your arms… my retreat.