Spotlight
(c) Arike van de Water 2007-2009
Vision
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Sky afire with all the rings of the rainbow
- Green lost in the blue that bleaches
- Into a yellow haze, blushes
- Orange, pink, red etched with
- Golden clouds drifting lazily
- A shimmering spread of liquid life
- In the water only one trail
- Rippling ever wider from
- Billowing sails over a wooden cradle
- A ship ahead towards a new beginning
- The dawn of day and journey one
- At the wheel stands a woman
- Hand steadily steering towards the sun
- The stars a guide to her glad eyes
- Waterways and winddirections
- Organised in her head; the navigator
- Then in the middle of the ship
- Jumping from one rope to another
- A man, each technique for catching wind
- In his hands controlling speed and sail
- The challenge chasing him ever foward
- On the front deck, God stands, arms folded
- His commands ringing across the ship
- Praise and warning, task and encouragement
- Each a grin on their face at the land ahead
- A task impossible, an ocean to cross
- They go for it, in faith following the captain
- A trinity to conquer the world for the Cross