Paul on the Adriatic

Dan MacIsaacMay 28, 2014

There stood by me this night the angel of God

Acts 27:23

I have no fear of storms since I heard His voice—

my Accuser crying out of the sun.

While I am chained in the shivering hold,

the others cower and bleat to Baal.

But no fury can last. Light finds a way—

it streams through cracks in the throttled planks,

and illuminates the silk rigging

of a small brown spider which, huddled,

waits so patiently for the first frail fly.

Dan MacIsaac

Dan MacIsaac lives on Vancouver Island, Canada. His poetry has appeared in the print magazines Poetry Salzburg, Vallum, Poetica and Agenda. His writing can also be viewed online at www.this.org, www.hippocketpress.org/canary and www.contemporaryverse2.ca.

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