This Surely Must Be The Place

Life in us is like the water in a river. - Thoreau

alive

flowing

hell a question and heaven knowing

believing and conceiving

snakes deceiving

baptismal antiseptic

meandering fits and starts awash epileptic

never an indian giver

cleansing  my sin-soaked liver

soul aquiver

faith ready to deliver

god's caregiver

take me to the river

stand me up 'pon embankments of grace

deal me that elusive ace

yes lord, show me your face

take up my case

after all

this surely must be the place

Author's Note

"A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air. It is continually receiving new life and motion from above. It is intermediate in its nature between land and sky." - Thoreau