shipmaster

i am
this sinking ship
a skeleton hull
splinters cracking from broken rips
i have fallen.

shifting bones dislodge
and pierce this worn-out heart.

hidden away
in this endless sea
where no one is
and no one will be.

no captain to steer
no crew to carry
the sea will be the place where i am buried.

all this i thought
until You appeared
with hammer and nail
to help, to heal.

board by board
no splinter dismayed
this hull was restored
this heart did beat again.

Shipmaster, Shipmaster
You set me adrift
now this endless ocean
will i drift, in bliss.