Fishing Without Joel, A Poem

 

 

God

It has been so long

I’ve forgotten how it feels

To touch the water beneath me

To hear the splash around me

The salt and sun beat down

To warms my broken soul

And keep my perspective whole

And every time I make that cast

I pray

That you will be there to guide me

As the bait placed to the hole

I sense

There is tension inside me

The tension builds

The reel sings

And together we can land it

 

And as I look into the glass

I see all through the grass

That life is beautiful

That life is all around me

And every time the line goes tight

I feel

Your presence is with me

 

I long, God I long

For the days I’ve left behind me

 

It’s been so long now

Since I stood upon this haul

I forgot just how it feels

To be beside you

It’s as though it wasn’t real

 

As I gaze into the sky

Now

I feel your smile upon me

Somehow

I knew you wouldn’t stay

And now

All around the sky turns gray

And it’s time to run back through the bay

And leave this place behind me

 

I run, God I run

With sea and grass beneath me

I know that you are there

And it’s as though you’re standing there beside me

To know you are there

And all is beautiful around me

 

I run, yes I run

And I glide so silently

To the edge

With the breeze and sea

With an angel’s wings

Beside me