Great beaten silver bowl,
Cloud infused, inset with stars,
Dome of the Heavens or curious flipped baptismal font
Waters within and waters without.
I live in the dry places,
Protected or exiled from God's
awesome love.
Like Noah, I search you to find the thin places.
Fearfully, longingly.
Will you seep a bright stream of nourishing waters
and lead me to pasture
Or crack like a rock and gush forth with love
Scouring, destroying, in forging the new?
Will it be good?
Linda Strand belongs to Trinity Presbyterian Church in Arlington VA.