Kayaking

Paddle to the toes

Dug into the water

Pulling myself to freedom

Faster and faster

Straightening my path

Water splashing

About my bow

Higher and higher

Laughter rising towards the sky

Splash of saltwater

Tethering soul to body

Racing through the waves

Gloriously alive.

Time

Tick, tock, time is passing

Passing, fleeting, never staying

Always here and never absent

Cannot capture, can’t escape

Though we curse it

Though we bless it

Though we plead and beg and pray

Time flows on all unhindered

The vital change granting life.