Rebuke
As fierce waves crash over my face
I gulp cold water, I flail
on rising tide,
but failing to find air
I despair and plead,
“why do you sleep
while in the storm I die? ”
Yawning, sleepy-eyed you awake
and noticing my terror, wonder
at my lack of faith.
Frankly annoyed by howling wind
and complaining shipmate,
you rebuke both
to calm.
poem by Steven Federle

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