I didn't realize it then, but I can see now that He has been with us the whole time.
First,
He was beneath us,
holding our ship afloat,
teaching us the breaths and currents
of His Ocean, the great magnitude of it all -
never speaking too audibly,
knowing that if He did
He might shatter us,
destroy us all
in a breath
He was, He is the the good and great Sea.
He was behind us,
the wind that drove us
onward: a Friend and Helper
to Oceanus, to Aeren, to us all,
granting us strength and serenity -
seen not in His own substance,
but by the consequences
of His mighty presence:
Wind and power
ever at our
back
He was, He is the wild and infinite Sky.
Now,
He is before us:
The Man at the Bow.
He does not take the helm -
still allowing us to choose our path.
But He points ever on, toward the rising
of the morning light. Teaching us
the methods of mercy and
ways of Sky and Sea and
Light: our Leader,
both Wayfarer
and the
Way
He was, He is the Man at the Bow.