Thoughts from refugee boat

Tonight the sky and sea are one.

Both dark and endless

the aegean sea swells

beyond the small

overcrowded craft.

Behind us terror and injustice

beyond us the unknown

world of the West.

The full moon shines it's light

I see the face of God on it.

in the waters of the swollen sea

I see the faces of my children

and the smile of my wife.

Closing my eyes in reverence

I pray to a God I only half believe

in  for forgiveness

A god that knows my frailty

and in my desperation

I ask him to vent his wrath

upon me.

And to spare the innocence

of my wife and children.