Prayer Cried Out In the Storming Waves

Prayer Cried Out In The Storming Waves Fought the waves, the maddened tumbling sea doomed ship sinking swiftly beneath me Prayers to God,to every saint I ever knew no desire to reside beneath this ocean blue Midnight's stormy fury soon moved past ship gone, me clinging to a broken mast Fear, the kind that eats into your soul rebuked my every hopeful, impossible goal Prayers renewed with sad desperate pleas Lord, let me survive these angry seas The waves beat me about with great delight I am tired, give me strength to fight Master,find all the good that rests in me save me, to do all that you may please Prayer ended, my legs and arms do so tire as the last ember was burning in my fire Hope raced forth in a bright shining light dawn broke forth from that darkest night The rays hit me with a soft, sweet breeze so calm,so very calm my soul was at ease A single gull flew over my bobbing head Hope cried out,you live,you are not dead Land must now be very close hereabouts So tired but that did not stop my shouts Thank you Lord,this gift I will never forget I believe,even though I am not home yet A rescue ship's horn was soon blasting away saved I'd be on this fine glorious day Soon I was safe, safe on board her deck I knew then faith and prayer saved my neck Captain said, saw your flare just before dawn thats when we raced and really poured it on I was so confused and my mind it did so stun I had no lifesaving flares and no flare gun! Robert J. Lindley, 05-24-2015 Note: Was it a dream, my memory tells me I lived it. In another life so long ago.