For Natalie

Above the lake when thunder break
To shatter peaceful silence
With lightning flash an angry cash
Of force rekindles violence
And down below where rivers flow
To wash away the soil
They tear away the rock and clay
Undoing all the toil
But deep within away from sin
And safe from subjugation
Below the bed of watershed
A mere of lost elation
Is waiting there without a care
And quietly reminding
That safe and sound you’ve finally found
The one thing that’s worth finding

Jeff Hall

June 2006