Drowned church

I went into

a church

that drowned

in search of life

and what I found

was silent prayer

in empty pews;

a kneeling figure

giving news

to a weary priest

out of curtained view. 

And in that moment

I was blessed 

with the answer

to my quest,

not in stone

or sacred litany

but rather deep

inside of me. 

For a soul that's

drowned and 

seeks insight

may always 

find solace

by swimming 

upwards to

the light.