Sunlight and Shadows


Three Ships

I saw a ship come sailing in

I thought it was for me

I rowed out in my little boat

To meet my ship at sea

When I got there, ‘twas a mirage

With nowhere for my grasp to lodge

A holographic hope collage

Fake things that cannot be

Then came a ship fast on my stern

That one was real enough

It brought great winds and stormy skies

And billowing waves so rough

All I could do was try to float

Bailing water from my boat

As pain and trials round me smote

To call my dreaming bluff

In clearing skies a third ship came

After the storm did break

From distant sea it beckoned me

To follow in its wake

It shows the way where few have gone

With guiding light it leads me on

In faith to sail through night to dawn

How e’er long it may take

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