The hissing wind and the swishing sea <br />with a vengeance turns the wind to lee <br /> <br />Ragging sails, the ship is free <br />Seagull screams in the distance see <br /> <br />Distraught people in a ship at sway <br />Creaking stern and the ropes'll, fray <br /> <br />Vociferous sounds of the angry spray <br />To ghastly thoughts the heart a prey <br /> <br />Not a soul aboard that doth not pray <br />Rising hands against the wicked gray <br /> <br />O' Lord 'Save us from the swishing array' <br />Confusion mounting screams of dismay <br /> <br />Such was the scene and even yet <br />A man in white I cannot forget <br /> <br />Unaware of all the cold and wet <br />he sat eyes closed and face all set <br /> <br />He muttered to himself now and then <br />free from feelings of where and when <br /> <br />The calm of his face in darkness shown <br />with a majestic grandeur; he left his throne <br /> <br />Thus he spoke to the people aloud <br />'Brothers and sisters look at the cloud <br /> <br />The lord remembers his creation's plight <br />Through the crevice comes a ray of light <br /> <br />The rescue boats you need not fight <br />For yonder look the land’s in sight' <br /> <br />(from personal files-Vintage 1975) . <br />(Islamabad)<br /><br />saadat tahir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hope-hope-reigns-supreme/
