Shoring Each Other Up!
I shared this poem a few months ago on a Facebook group, but I thought it appropriate to post on my blog.
Shoring Each Other Up
by Amy D. Christensen
Photo Credit: Rebecca Trumbull, Make Up Artist: Rachel Christensen
Weathered, calloused hands, pull ropes taut;
Holding, cringing, against course burns.
Storms rage, pushing waves, like giant hands, throwing us about.
Still we hold! Shoring each other up.
Stomachs roil, threatening to burst forth.
Photo Credit: Rebecca Trumbull, Make Up Artist: Rachel Christensen
Sails, brought to our knees, letting go of wind.
Wave hands raise us up, then slap us down.
Up and down.
Still we hold! Shoring each other up.
Brief calm follows.
Photo Credit: Rebecca Trumbull, Make Up Artist: Rachel Christensen
A glassy sea, smoothed out by Creator's breath.
Bleeding hands clasp; whispered gratitude.
Heading into safe harbor;
Still we hold! Shoring each other up.
The idea of friendship is not new. We all long for one or more companions who truly "get us". We desire shipmates who not only entertain us, but who are honest with us; who can tell us their shortcomings as well as kindly point out our own. Friendship, the true kind, is not a merry journey like our friends Dorothy and Toto along the Yellow Brick Road. It is more often a battlefront in a war most consuming. Let us continue to "shore one another up", by offering support, honesty and encouragement.