The world
Below
Is an ocean
Which begs
I drown
Where I walk

Pulling me
Deep
Even further
Despite
What balance
Remains

As dizziness
Claims
My faith
Where pain
Is a water
Relentless

And waves
That symptom
Of sinking
Which questions
My savior
At best

Like Christ
Himself
Upon currents
Still standing
Tall
Over surges

But that’s
Okay
For believers –

I wouldn’t
Swim
If I could.

– J. Pigno