Revelation

Standing upon the bow of my battered ship in the roughest and deepest of waters,

I stood at the mercy of fierce winds and the sound of thunder above my quarters.

There I stood alone with the raging sea whispering relentlessly for my demise,

And I this man with the will and strength all failed to uplift me from my troubling cries.

With no light to guide me from the wakes of useless hope and despair,

I turn to thoughts of my Lord, my savior as I was fading from his divine care.

Dismayed and daunted with no answers heeding my beckons and sobbing calls,

I felt defeated with nothing left but to succumb to this squall.

As my mind began to fathom the outcome of my fate,

I began a journey of overwhelming distaste.

Beaten and spent beyond all means of reasoning,

I stood tirelessly, dazed, and unsure of what I was feeling.

Then with the certainty of death pouncing upon my being,

I began to disenchant all of what I was perceiving.

As my revelation began to challenge the lost faith that I once had,

I became as I once was the boy, the lad.

And on this disquieting night upon my knees I fell with all my might,

To pray to God to rid me of this plight.

Then all that what was once beyond my grasp of belief,

Formed into a revelation that cast my fear and fright into defeat.

And that that had cloaked my eyes from such a welcoming sight,

Slowly and undauntedly, steered my ship toward a faint and glorious light.

As I uttered the last words of the Lord’s prayer,

My ship, my soul was now in the hands of my savior.

And now as I stand, renewed, upon my ship aboard,

I travel onward with God – forever- my Savior- my Lord.