familiar strangeness

Gradually I paused and thought of home
opening a page from a forgotten tome
deliberately making myself susceptible
bringing in memories of being vulnerable

lowly and simple were the words that describe
even then i had a limited vision to subscribe
sudden changes rocked this simple boat
surreptitiously took control just to keep it afloat

years breezed through like a thief in the night
overtly encumbered by a lifestyle that's trite
uneventful realities that promote demise
Mangled by a friendship under a tombic guise

i was left no resort but to look up
needing Him to fill my cup
knowing that this life was never mine
yeilds to the fact that it belongs to the Divine