I was lost upon the sea Floundering in the waves No one there to rescue me Filthy and depraved So deaf and blind I could not see The black heart of a knave Bowed under iniquity I was, to it, a slave Waves splashed over on the lea To port only the grave.
There's only blackness in the sky No moon. No clouds. No stars. Like the pupil of an eye A firmerment of tar The water's where the dead fish lie To horizons far You hold your head & cry Then a figure walks to mar I squinted to see, tried His hands & feet are scarred.
I was not sure that I perceived The silhouette out there To drowning men a straw received Seems a saving hand so fair! Though my boat was clogged with weeds I found a paddle I could bare I moved my boat, it weaved Toward the man I stared!
There he was, an apparition Brighter than the sun I paddled on as on a mission Dank air filled my lungs But my disease was in remission My journey had begun He spoke to me. I HAD TO LISTEN VICTORY TO BE WON
And so I walked upon the water You may find this odd I heard The Words. I am His daughter