Surrounded

Surrounded by achievement

we waver in uncertainty

surrounded by wealth

we pause in insecurity

our hands upon the lever

we hesitate in perplexity

we look to take refuge

from the storm but could find

no way forward

no way backward

pounded and rocked

and buffeted

we cannot stand

as we sink in the more

and mud we created

we remember the cleft

in the rock,

the burning sand

the fire. We are saved

by the fire.

Photograph by Linnaea Mallette via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.