Saturday, June 6, 2015

A Narrow Sea



They say I’ve lived a lifetime,
     But it only seems to me
That I’m but a speedy craft
     Which has crossed a narrow sea.

I was launched so long ago,
     From childhood’s happy shore;
But modern ways to navigate
     Have quickly brought me o’er.

They say my end is nearing –
     That I’m condemned (to die);
Ah, well; my sail was pleasant,
     Tho’ oft the seas ran high.



June 6, ‘90


         (Crossed out in first volume of early poems.)

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