TO FIND A HAND

I have lived my life
On sliding sands 
A soul which never
Found a hand
To steady me
Within the gale
A flailing ship
Upon the wave.

Love a ragged
Flag to wind
Too many times
I have sinned
And often when
The pain it grew
My thoughts returned
Back to you.

Now the midnight clock
It chimes
To where or when
Ive yet to find
Maybe to reach
A settled land
For my battered soul
To find a hand.