When the ships sailed in
And the ore shipped out
In another time
When the pier was planked
And we sailors came
In another time
Oh so long ago
In a world now lost
In another time
When the pier was planked
And we sailors came
In another time
Oh so long ago
In a world now lost
Sometimes
I think
The road unknown
Explores as much
The me I do not know
Which is all the more enticing
Than the me I believe is me
Calm as the air
Calm as the water
Resolute as the mountain
Free as the clouds
In a silence unbroken
But for the loon’s plaintive call
I sit
And rest
There’s often a line
A flow
A grace unintended
Unnoticed
Unseen before the backward glance
Ride them
Duck them
Vault them
Or I can stand firm
And let the ocean wash over me
Feel its power
Enjoy the surge of energy
As it flows all around me
She danced
As if every word she’d ever spoken
Could be translated
To a gesture, a swirl, or a twirl
She danced
And all I knew was
I wanted to be there on the dance floor
With her, now and forever
Observing from
Peaceful repose
While nature wars
‘Tween earth and sky
I love to follow the arc
Luxuriate in the sensation
Experience the emotion of tone
Map out the journey of my eye
Through the continents of shapes
Beauty
The scene reminds
Of days gone by
The stormy times
The years I lost
Blown well off course
Blown all to hell
But I rowed back
Against the swell
“Don’t worry, love”
Was her reply
“I’ll stay with you
This long dark night
“When comes the morn’
You’ll see sun rise
As you look
Into my eyes