Solicitous Passage

Ease me through
To the other side
Of me.

Carry me softly
Across the current
Of my heart.

But please...
oh please
Let me not drift
Into eddies.

Catch my wilted sail
With your breath;
Tack me against
Your wind.

If I must stand
Lashed to bow;
If gales must be
the compass...

Then take my helm.
Ease me through.
Carry me softly
Across the current
Of my heart.

Oh,
ease me through.