Rolling on a River - Nathan Noble

This is from my awesome co-worker and BSSM classmate Nathan Noble who sometimes has the ability to put words to some of the music inside my heart... here it goes:

Rolling on a river

Away from striving and unrest

I come to lean upon Your chest

From the shallows into the deep.

My movements slowed

By the deepening swell

I waver, looking back

To the shore and the firmer track

The solid ground and quicker step.

But it's too late now

The hold is strong

My quivering hands

No longer strive

To go back or to even try

To reach the other side.

My eyes are turned as they strain

To see what will be coming then

Round the bend

But all I see is more the same

The current rolling down and down

An endless path I travel on.

My feet lose hold

Of the muddy ground

It's as if I've died

Or just begun

To slip into Jacob's dream

And climbing find the real thing

As I fall asleep

I open my eyes

And look to see

As for the very first time.