To Sea Waves They Threw Him

Something is wrong somewhere

Something is surely badly wrong

But what’s it, where’s it, on board

The captain’s been thinking long.

Is it the wheel or is it the mast?

Is it the engine or is it in the sail?

Is it the currents or the winds?

Is it in the deck or is it in the tail?

The ship doesn’t seem to move well

The compass doesn’t point right

Is it in the sky or under the water?

It is bothering him day and night!

What didn’t appear to the skipper

Was that a traveler was the culprit

Who in disobedience was running

Away from God, hiding deep in a pit!

He was discovered by lot by sailors       

And was revealed to be the reason

Of the misfortune the ship was to face

In a storm out of regular season!

In anger they lifted him, sailors all

Him down to the waves they threw

And soon the angry waters calmed

And the sea was tranquil and blue!

Xavier Bage

Tues, April 26, 2016