it is found!

when you've looked everywhere
high and lo
inside and
out.  in the pocket of your favorite
jeans and in the book you
read last week.

with puzzled expressions
and nervous mouth twitches
serious pondering and
exasperated foot stomping.
every nook and cranny
and even your granny
has impatiently lifted her
left elbow for you to
peer underneath and
see that it is not there.
it is not anywhere.

but in your heart.
what you lost can be found.
just stop frantically searching
and pause.
to seek the Master's heart.
He'll lend an ear and
you will too.  "Find Me."

the depths

row
and grow
miles and miles beneath the sea
and just when you think
you're dead
BOOM
it hits your flank with an
inspiration none too kind.
this life!
you better wake up
sit up
swim up
and take it.
and live.
because you only sink
when you're still
breathing.