Setting Sail
/I gave my mind a holiday, a pass from cares and woes
Set it in a tiny skiff to sail where ‘ere wind blows
Waved as it departed from my pier of anxious thought
And hoped it would survive to prove my efforts weren’t for naught.
I watched it growing smaller as it reached horizon’s line
Then as it slipped beyond my sight, a wish it would be fine
Gazing at my harbor where life’s problems had been stored
My mindless form now finding them quite easily ignored.
I walked amongst the barrels filled with chores I’d yet to do
Past towering bales of paperwork filled with notices past due
Yet now I had a secret smile, no thoughts could emanate
My mind was somewhere far away, I just could not relate.
Carefree under puffed cloud sky, I walked my harbor’s hills
An inner warmth preventing me from feeling wind’s sharp chills
Spinning ‘round in fading light of Sun’s farewell to day
I felt that I just might have found a way for soul to play.
My eyes gaze into twilight as they search for skiff’s small mast
Yet nothing viewed against the sky as Night’s bright stars are cast
Perhaps my mind has found a better place in which to be
I hope that I won’t rue the day, I pushed it out to sea.
By James Geehring
From: United States
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