Cleanse

 Every grain of sand clinging to my skin

Represents some form of sin

Wearing my recognized rebellion

The sand feels like dirt as it sticks 

And each bit depicts

Every pill swallowed, substance abused, person used.

I was hurting too

Take me off this course 

Set to crash and burn

As I walk into the water

It rains down and I pray harder

Give me a spiritual shower

Wash me clean from my guilt and shame

As I make amends with my mistakes

Hands up to the sky

Tears fall from my eyes

I’m helpless against the tide

Every breaking wave that crashes

The ocean calms once it passes

Nature’s amazingly adaptive

Like water changing form

Consider it a perfect storm 

Thunder comes as it gets darker from above

When the light is lost, I too lose love

He reminds me the sun is in my heart

This is leading into a fresh start

To the old me, I send my distant regards

As I embrace the change

Wave after wave

It waters my faith

Gaining courage and patience, as I wait

To harvest this fruit

Slates don’t get cleaned 

Unless we wipe them new

~ Carly Reed