About The Poem

Waters Running Still draws inspiration from the psalms and much of it’s imagery is inspired from the images specifically in Psalm 23: still waters, valley lows, grace, and spiritual renewal. There’s a balance of vulnerability and sense of trust and reassurance. What makes this poem beautiful and unique to anything I have written so far is the way the prayer answers itself through the act of remembering. The poem begins with a set of petitions (the prayer/requests) and ends with declarations (remembering). Waters Running Still is anchored in the grace that restores both color and breath.

Waters Running Still

Guide me to the waters
running still;
Hide me in the shadow
of Your wings.

Cover me in the colors of
Your grace;
Lead me through all
my valley lows.

Listen to the prayers
of my heart;
The ones I pray when
my lips don’t move.

Draw me close to you
when I resort to distance;
Wrap me in your arms
of Your steadfast love.

Remind me of a hope
and brighter future;
You open doors my mistakes
can’t close.

When my mind begins to cloud
and my colors start to dull
— Lead me to the waters
running still.