Based on Exodus 15
It came out of nowhere,
Though I know it happened over time.
A slow, halting journey into entrapment.
Now caught, ambushed, shut in on all sides.
There's no way back into slavery;
To the right, to the left, I am surrounded by death.
Looking ahead to see the surging waters of chaos,
Hearing the roar of hopelessness crash into my ears.
Oh God, my divine warrior, show yourself!
Gain glory for yourself among my enemies!
Look on me and have mercy, for I am undone.
Fight for me and go before me.
Part this churning flood of turmoil and let me pass through without further harm.
Faltering forward, the only way yet one full of uncertainty.
Closer, closer to the edge, the noise is deafening.
My feet feel the tug of swirling sea, as it sprays distaste at my skeletal form.
"The end! THE END!" screams my scattered mind,
Falling forward in surrender to the roiling pandemonium.
As surely as the next step would seal my fate in the heartless watery grave,
I feel the sure, steadfast piece of la1nd beneath my feet.
Looking up I see straining arms a cross, holding the quaking walls of chaos at bay.
Surrounded still, but safely stumbling toward the other side.
Step by step, slowly, the snarling masses tower from the right and left, but
Are powerless to consume me with their wrath.
Closer to the end, but looking back to see enemies in relentless pursuit,
Out to enslave their victim once again.
Not knowing how, but that it's true, I reach the banks.
Crumpling down into a heap of exhaustion, but not safe yet.
Through dim slits I watch the bloodthirsty mass move closer,
Thinking the recent deliverance was only to wrench the sweet tendrils of hope from my frail hands.
But as unbelievable and fantastic was the dry land, deliverance was not too far away.
The unfaltering arms disappeared,
And the trembling embankments thundered down with a crash!
The sea covered my adversaries in its terrible embrace,
and they sank to the heart of the deep.
Oh God, my divine warrior, who is like you?
You stretched out your arms and parted the raging waters for your servant.
You took them away and it swallowed my foes!
You guided me through the depths of chaos and set me on you, my Rock.
There is no one like you, whose love is everlasting.
God will reign forever and ever.