Anchor

There is a haunting darkness here inside

It rises in the night and blankets me

With fear so sinister I cannot hide—

Raging heart, beating out its silent plea.

The darkness here beside me has no face;

It has no name but weight I cannot bear

To hold and a cold, a dead embrace

That pulls those roots within until they tear.

I am falling, hard and fast, swallowed whole.

When I hear your breath, feel its golden ray

Upon me—hope familiar to my soul.

A hand, a heart, a light, a promised day.

Be my anchor in this rising river,

Hold me close to you tonight, forever.