At the edge

After Psalm 61

Teetering at the edge,

to look behind is to see

      the darkness, deep,

an abyss of the unknown. 

To feel resolve

      

      ebbing, courage

diminishing, strength

dribbling away leaving

     a husk, a shell,

a piece of chaff, prepared

to blow away at wind’s

     first hint, teetering

calling out in weakness,

teetering, slipping away,

     reaching for the rock

     the refuge as the rock

     the refuge reaching out

     to accept

     to embrace.

Photograph by Leio McLaren via Unsplash. Used with permission.