Wednesday, February 17, 1982

LEE SHORE TACTICS (o)

We shall rejoice
   fair weather leaves us that choice.
Finding ourselves in tune
   to sail away sailors,
And wait for King Neptune
   to call us to the lee shore.

Through storms and calms
   we search for the shore of palms.
It's just across the sea
   over the crests of waves,
Where the natives are free
   and all sailors are safe.

We'll run aground
   after tacking all around.
Cast there by our heartbeats,
   reaching for that lee shore,
Where mighty freighters beach
   to give up there cargo stores.

A shore for good
   we'll arrive there just when we should.
But we're in no hurry
   The wind will blow us there.
Timeless calm and fury
   waits for us to drift too near.


-dp-  
2-17-82

No comments:

Post a Comment