Alone, Together

Alone in the dark

It is raining, it is always raining

It is never quiet

You are never alone

Mysteries are like the hands of a clock

Always moving

Always reminding me

Of the passage of time, of the inevitable conclusion

Winter ends, summer departs

We are left wondering

What is the purpose?

Is there ever a conclusion to the wandering?

When the rain ends

And we are at our new home

Where the water recedes

Where we must wander once again

What is the mystery of faith?

Where we allow ourselves to be led

By the promise of a new dawn, a new land

Where all will be new once again

Journeying to a distant star

A hope really, just a dream

Promises given, promises held with joy

Dawn comes and the rains end.

This ark like so many in the past

We stand upon the deck looking for our home

Somewhere on the horizon

Together we embrace the future and each other.