Wednesday, December 6, 2023

sailors

with her
father at the helm
of the boat,
we parted from the dock
and headed
to Smith Island.
no words,
nothing said, for how
could we
manage a conversation
in the wind
and noise
from the growling
engine as it plowed
the bay.
it was an uneventful voyage,
but the last one.
i could see they were
alike,
her father and her.
impenetrable, eyes
cast on distant shores.

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