My Silent Companion

I sit quietly on the dock with grief as my silent companion, my feet resting on the weathered boards as the sun glides toward the horizon.

Stormy winds and raging waves have passed through here in recent days... but at the moment, whatever moves around me and within me is calm and measured.

Ripples and eddies form as the water flows in and out, as hopes and worries pass through my thoughts like silent fish glimmering beneath the surface.

Dappled sunlight and shadow dance over my eyelids; a gentle breeze ruffles up wishes and memories and carries my prayers up into the clouds.

The world turns, the waves flow, the wind blows... my grief and I sit together in silent companionship at the end of another day, searching for grace and for peace.

Peace around me, peace within.
Peace for those I love and those who love me, too.
Peace for those who have no-one else to wish them peace.
Peace for those who trouble my dreams.
Peace.