Francis Drake Disturbed Me

“Disturb us, O Lord,” wrote Sir Francis Drake,

I read as I sat beneath the desert sky next to the mirror lake,

 As I dreamed of times yet to come and the challenges ahead,

I asked for a disturbance to shiver through me from toe to head.

I gasped to be grateful for every breath and every laugh,

From the Phoenix sunsets to the stars above Flagstaff,

“To dare more boldy, to venture on wilder seas” he spoke

Driving me to have courage when I felt most alone.

In the darkness, and in the light.

‘Neath a cloud of emotion and in the breathless night.

He still speaks to me, his words like a whip.

“Disturb us, o lord” and the wind of his words still blow upon this ship.