A tempestuous sea is surrounding me
I’m in a raft built with my hands
The waves toss and pull me with glee
I start to drown, hopeless of land

Falling upon the broken boards
I cry out in grief and shame
I hadn’t sought or searched my Lord
And so I was to blame

I wept aloud distraught and broken
Begging for forgiveness there
But then the sun began to open
Leaving the sea calm and fair

And so my raft was pieced together
When my morning-opened eyes
Saw the rope that tied together
My little raft on wave-crest highs

Before too long the shore I saw
As it were, just a little ways out
The dark had made it seem so far
And storm had hid it with its clouds

I cast myself upon the land
And sunk onto my broken knees
I kissed the wet and gritty sand
“Never again” I swore I’d leave