sinking

“Under Water”

| Laura Lee Bonde

As I’m drowning
I don’t hear You
I don’t see You
But I trust you
So I open my arms
In the midst
Sinking to the depths
Hair floating up
Air running out
As my naked body
Gently sinks
In the soaking power
Of Your love
And in this moment
I trust and believe
You’ll either pull me up
Or teach me to breathe

“The Unmentionable”

| Laura Lee Bonde

it’s a terrible thing
to be in a marriage
and feel alone

how could invisible walls
be so concrete
how could silence
last so long

when one budges
the other moves away
and when the other budges
the one moves away

is there a solution worth hearing
is there advice worth listening to

do the days
turn into years
do the moments
become a lifetime

every time I stretch to jump
the hurdle gets higher
every time I give up
the water rises

and as each of my kids
jump onto a boat
I’m left behind
sinking

“Sound Waves”

| Laura Lee Bonde

dangling
requires holding on
but to what

if you hold on
to the past
you’re bound to fall

if you hold on
to a circumstance
you’re bound to not see

if you hold on
to one’s burden
you’re bound to be weighted

and sink to the bottom
where yelling seems necessary
to break through the waters

but it doesn’t have to be

let go of one another
let go of the worry
let go of the past

and grab hold of Him
Who pulls you up
to see through His Heart