Healing Waters

Running now,
    toward the water.
    Feet splashing
    in the shallows.
Knee deep now,
    almost beside him.
    The one waiting,
     the Baptizer.

Eyes that see,
     sin stained souls.
     No hiding,
     scars in the heart.
Hands reaching,
     mine grabbing.
     Desperate,
     Now or never.

Push me down,
     way down deep.
     Too many sins
     for the shallows.
Hold me down,
     not for a moment.
     Keep me under
     Till its done.