Emotional Ocean
We sail or putt a tiny skiff,
When tidal waves force us adrift
_Over white caps of fear,
Or love or strife, or grief or hate…
When storms of life do saturate
_And waves swell dark and drear.
Emotions surge and drench our lives—
Gasping for air, will we survive?
_Shall we give Him the helm?
He helps us steer through currents’ flow—
Redeems us from its undertow
_Into a calmer realm.
Peter Venable has been writing poetry for fifty years and his poems have appeared in The Lyric, The Merton Seasonal, The Christian Century, and other publications. More of his work can be found at petercvenable.wordpress.com. His “Roofless Church” merited an Honorable Mention in The Best Poems of 2024 in the SCP’s International Poetry Competition.
