Secret

Propulsion driving through the sea’s swell,

momentum rising and falling as she

glides effortlessly through the water,

showing her true colours and love

for the waters below her hull. Never

fighting, just flowing onward,

wherever the tide takes her. Obeying

her helm so readily, at the slightest touch.

Engines softly turning answer

to the throttle, again effortlessly

doing her will, fulfilling her need

to go – uncharted waters lying

before her, laying down new lines

for further information, she is aware

of the moon and her lunar affect

on the tides, and always she is alert,

along with her human eyes, she

watches for danger and for joy, for logs

and dolphins. Always she is ready

to change direction as asked.

‘Secret’ is her name but not her nature.

 

Baltimore 2009

Jean A Isherwood Farley.