Communion

Soft lilting caressing waves
lapping all around the hull,
making love to this intruder,
lulling him into her territory.
Prolonged foreplay to keep
him enthralled, to occupy his thoughts.
A concerted attempt to take his eye
from his goals.
The breeze he wants arrives.
He works the helm
a true communion
of nature.

 

Jean Isherwood Farley
Baltimore 2009 June