Ship in a Storm

This house has become 

a ship in a raging storm

will its furious waves
restore or deform?

Raising flags

and rising voices

heard amidst 

discordant noises-

the sea water 

sprays tears

diffusing 

fervent fears.
The sky darkens

waves crash 

and hearts thrash 

in a rib cage:

the rib cage 

is this dwelling

this home, 

floating on troubled waters

floating on a sea unknown.

I wonder 

will we fall in 

here on the brink-

will we sink 

or will we swim?