While sailing through dark seas that toss
Through swirling waters deep with loss
In steps it starts to alter course
Not beaten by the hurricanes
But yielding to the pilot’s hand
Who holds the chart that points to land
Then bit by bit its heading changing
A slow repenting rearranging
Plans redrawn of love and worth
Slowly yielding without fear
With sails unfurled the skies grow clear
It turns and points its bow true North
My Heart is such a Big Ship to Turn
By Peter Caligiuri
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Amen, Pete. The title alone drew me in like a magnet.🧲 I’ve never been out sailing on the ocean, far from land, but it seems like an “up and down” experience–literally and figuratively. Thankfully, with Christ at the helm, we are guaranteed a safe portage. Excellent poetry!
Thanks Dave. As I get older, these little poems take longer but dig a bit deeper. I do miss the children’s poetry I wrote a few years back. It is my favorite, but it only comes when it comes and forcing it loses its childlike wonder and isn’t much fun. Have a good weekend
“All God’s Creatures Mostly Small” is on my bookshelf and in my Kindle library. It’s one of my favorite books of children’s poetry, Pete, and I have several. One of your poems, in the book is “When We Always Praise,” observes how the Mockingbird keeping singing–rain or shine, and how we should do the same (in praise to God). It’s my favorite of your book. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, too. God Bless!
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