In the middle of the storm
when all is falling
hope abandons
and fear consumes

In the middle of the storm
what was seen from outside
the learning, the wisdom, the calm
is gone to disbelief

In the middle of the storm
hope abandones and fear consumes

But the view from outside
the learning, the wisdom, the calm
when in the middle of the storm
are no less true

How can belief be clinged
how can memory have power
In the middle of the storm
to know the outside from in