Shipwrecked

I've been thinking about my life.
Again.
I was thinking about who I was last year.
I didn't recognize myself.
I remembered I met a Savior: all over again.
I fell in love again.
He changed me.
He fixed the shipwreck of my life.
With Grace.
I hope this blesses you.
This is the journey of my life as of the last few years.
Day and Night.
Love you.
-Josh

Shipwrecked

pictures run fast like the rush of a tide
cascading against the rocks in the cave of my mind
the sounds of my memories are screeching loud
they're fluttering about: they're bats that are spooked

in the shipwreck of my life
I'll watch my failures go down with the boat
I'll cling to my Captain who wont let me astray
I'm floating away in an ocean of grace

my tongue is an old flag full of disgrace
flapping about in vacant space
of a big rotten mouth: dirty and black
damn it to hell: I hope it never comes back

I'd made shipwreck of my life
But, I'll watch my failures wash away and go down with the boat
I'll cling tight to my captain who wont lead me astray
I'm being carried away in an ocean of grace

I met my Savior out on the docks one day
He hobbled over to me with pegs in his legs
said: "son I know you're lost, I can show you the way"
I grabbed His weathered, scarred, hands and never looked back

on the shipwreck of my life
I'll watch my failures go down with the boat
I'll cling to my Captain who wont let me astray
I'm floating away in an ocean of grace

oh what tender mercy and grace
that sunk my boat to the depths of the sea
I'll thank my Captain for staying by my side
and teaching me to float