to even try to
empty the ocean
is only a dream only a…
yea
it’s nice to be inside the boat
safe
safe
as the oceans are so deep
so blue with shades of green
swelling
up
and down gently
the men toss their nets
they do
as far as they can
slowly
so slowly the nets drift downward
to the sea’s sandy bottoms
hundreds of feet
then the waiting
they laugh
they joke
i just sit
alone
hey, kid
you there
oh yes
i am
i am afraid
of what
the water is so dark
the sun so hot
“they say to wait”
there will be a great catch
yes
they know each other
they are nice to me
i am small
they are big men
the boat is theirs
i am a fisherman
i am a fisherman
yes
the father
and son
do make their home inside of us
this
i know
and i promise you
the ocean
is not mine to empty
ever
stopping to try is a relief
when that catch is hauled in
the celebration is huge
and i help
and i watch those
fish
they flop
wiggle
and sometimes one
just one
is a pearly white Flounder
flat
caught with the Bass
a special feat
why did my eyes get to see
i wonder
i heard the songbird
it was the cross
and what it meant for us all
i do love
i do
those men are rowing back now
it’s a long way back to shore
they are strong
i know we’ll get there
the waves
oh those waves
i am no longer afraid
Bob Young
18 April 2017
12:03 pm mst usa
melting
melting
knowing
it’s okay now
Yellow Rose Publications
