May 17, 2014
I am coming down into the grass
blades bending beneath my feet
posture perfect
eyes fixed ahead out into the cool
of the evening and
moving toward a new perfect lake.
Thunder shakes the ridges while splats of rain
smack the back of my neck.
But the skiff crosses without ripples
without extending new possibilities.
It is the passage of harm
the rotted wood of the reaper boatman
and within this cool morning.
My thoughts are serene while the weathered disposition
tosses wild and unkempt around,
aware of the idea of the boat's position in,
but untouched by, the water.