Misc Originals - Ray frye - awakening

^AmOne dark night off of Cuba, in the ^GStraits of Florida ^DmI saw a single spot of light maybe ^Amfifteen miles afar ^AmA full moon rode high above and and^G very close was Mars ^DmSo strong it was it almost blotted ^Amout the stars

^CThe ocean moved ship I rode. We gen^Gtly rolled and heaved ^DmThe movement of the ship showed me ^Amthe power of the sea ^CThe calm I felt was comforting. Ou^Gr cargo helped us sleep ^DmEight hundred feet by eighty and th^Amirty five feet deep

^AmAft oh, maybe thirty miles a bank o^Gf clouds were bright ^DmThe moonlight shone back off them a^Amnd lightened up the night ^AmIt was a storm front moving East am^Gd lightning flashed inside ^DmIt held me captivated as I stared a^Amt it wide eyed

^CI laid my head back on the deck and^G stared up at the sky. ^DmI knew the stars were millions more^Am than I could that night spy ^CA tiny light moved through the star^Gs and it wsa not a plane ^DmI knew that if I looked away I'd ne^Am'er find it again

^AmA satellite in orbit, it finally ca^Gme to me ^DmDidn't see a lot of them back in '8^Am3 ^Ambut if I moved my eyes off it I'd l^Gose it, true and right ^DmIts dim light finally faded. It wa^Ams captured by the night

^CMy next thoughts sent me reeling. ^GThe speck of light I saw ^DmWas man's greatest achievement, so ^Amtenuous and small ^CGod made the rest for me to see and^G feel and sense that night ^DmI'm now aware of my right size and ^Amhumbled by His might