shipwrecks

we flounder

at times, on thin ice with

our beliefs,

our fragile faith.

we question God and the

universe.

why pain,

why an early death, 

disease,

why so much

hate in the world.

do something about it

oh great and

mighty One, we pray,

we plead.

we listen to the deafening 

silence

between

the falling snow,

the falling leaves,

but we plug on.

we tend to our wounds,

we bandage

our hearts,

we salvage what we

can from

the shipwrecks that come

along.