SLEEPING CAPTAIN

                 When the sea is rough and the sky is dark

                 As I sail from this life to the other side

                 Come with me, my Lord, and be my guide

                 As the waves  attempt to engulf my pride

                And when my weakness shackles the oar

                Forbid me to sink into the abyss of  my sins

                In front of you, my sleeping Captain, I beg:

                Wake me up before the sea-monsters devour me

             For your presence is enough to silence the beasts

                Bid me come to your stern and sleep beside you

                Let me rest in your bosom and be at peace

              In shame the storm will calm down at your Word

              Then in the morning I shall find myself docked

              When the sea is lost and my boat is forever gone

         I shall find my Captain waiting for me on the shore

           Home at last where the sailing never ever ends….

This poetograph is my first ever venture in poetography.  I composed the poem when I was doing my studies in Rome.  It was during my yahoo messenger chat with a high school classmate of mine, Ms. Melodie Bachiller-Ocampo (who was at Okinawa , Japan that time), that this poem was written.  I was preparing a homily at that moment about the gospel on Jesus asleep while they were in the middle of a storm and his disciples were terrified.  What came out of the chat was this lovely poem.

Then I shared the poem to another friend, Ms. Eva Ruth Ombao who sent it back to me, now embossed in a photograph.  When I first saw it, I knew my poetography was born.  The rest is history…..