Driftwood

We are all driftwood

in an ocean of encounters,

flotsam of each others’ lives.

Tossed to and fro by the waves,

without direction or guidance,

we bounce up and sink down low,

utterly delivered unto the tides and times.

Destiny has decided our fate

and we drift aimlessly along,

until we smash against a rock

and are forced to decide.

Do we yield, or do we resist?

Resisting, we’re knocked into splinters,

and we rejoice, for we are more,

not realizing how much we are reduced.

Yielding, we gain a foothold

and we anchor against that rock

and gradually are wedged deeper

and deeper until we become one

with it and toss around no more.

The waves still crash, the storms still rage,

yet we are unmoved, unshaken, firm

for we have found strength in One

who has faced the storms and overcome,

who have raced the oceans and have won.

An original poem by Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

'n Oorspronklike gedig deur Miekie (Marietjie Uys).

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