With Apology To John Newton

Can you tell me how it happened to me? What brought me from shadow into light Where faith once struggled inside my breast, Now is peace beyond the sacred blight. Can you tell me how it happened to me? While I longingly stood on the broken shore looking at the vastness of space beyond Then saw an infinite future as so much more Than religion's fabled heaven or hell. Can you tell me how it happened to me? That once I was lost, but now am found That once I was blind, but now I see. The time about which I fervently speak Came while pondering on earth from space Seeing how exceptionally insignificant I am When my smallness looks me squarely in the face. FIRST PLACE WINNER Brian Strand's "Your Choice" Contest March 26, 2021 FEATURED POEM Poetry Soup Home Page March 28, 2021 HONORABLE WINNER (JADE) "Anything You Want" Poetry Contest All Poetry August 1, 2021