That Sinking Feeling

Mourning the death of his dear friend John the Baptist The Lord set off to be alone in the early morning midst Feeling the pain of such a great loss, His dearest friend Is just one of the messages that day that the Lord will send For he just wanted to be alone But the usually large crowds had suddenly grown Feeling compassion, for each and every ailment Curing all the sick as this day had now went Then with two fish and five loaves He feed them all, as they came in droves Sending His apostles by boat and departing the crowd For now He needed some peace and this place was too loud And later, while the sea's racked the Apostles boat In the darkness they seen something afloat Trembling in fear, they all called out As the Lord said "It is I' to end all their doubt And as Peter asked, the Lord said come to me And in that storm Peter walked on that sea But as the storm grew even more severe He lost sight of his faith and became filled with fear