Walking By the Sea

As Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them. And great crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. Matthew 4:18-25

Walking By the Sea

The moon danced with the clouds
water crashing and wind blowing
this solemn night I heard the call
all's I could do was answer back.

The familiar comfort of warm sand
the sweet solitude of darkest night
home left behind in an eye's blink
following a road unknown to me.

I still close my eyes and dream
that place, my home ever close
though I picked up and followed
it goes with me to the darkest alleys.

Still that simple windblown laborer
now working on another ocean
as dark, cruel and mysterious as ever
I followed, there's no turning back.