In the heart of the storm

This painting is dedicated to all those who are grieving.
 In the heart of the storm
 I row
 You are no longer here
 I can still hear the echo of your footsteps
 Your absence permeates everything around me
 I row
 I want to call you
 Touch you
 Feel your complicity
 Your presence
 I row
 My heart is bleeding
 The swell is rising
 My feelings are running wild
 My sorrow is drowning me
 I row
 Even though I know I can't reach you
 I have no direction anymore
 I lost my way
 I lost my gold
 I row
 Not to fight
 But to fill
 This emptiness that swallows me up
 I row
 For even in the heart of this storm,
 A glimmer of hope persists
 That one day I will see the horizon again.
 N.Girard