EASY

Rain dimples the water

under furled sails; the

gentle rise and fall of

the hull is a quiet

bass drum to echo

like distant thunder.

Someone is reading

in that tight, teak cabin...

unaware.

A wavering line of

yellow light from inside

the distant sloop

shimmers to the shore

outside my window,

as nebulous as clouds,

while I cling to the

memory of sunshine

when we used to 

weave our bodies

into spinnaker dreams in

that sweet calm before

the storm pulled you

out to sea.

Author's Note

The image IS the meaning.
This one is for Patricia Alice, the love of my life, whose heart was too strong for this world.

Reviews

[Aura]

I enjoy the metaphor you use of the ship out at sea during a storm. It gave me Titanic vibes. Everyone was having a ball of a time, enjoying company until the Titanic struck the iceberg and sunk. This poem speaks of the unawareness of knowing when that storm or conflict will arise. Reading in a cabin or ship cabin depicts a calm, content spirit, escaping the present world, visiting a fantasy world in the books they read. They are so pulled in, they didn't know a storm was coming for their ship at sea, but isn't that the way it should be? Enjoy every second of your life in the way you want before the storm comes? Overall, I found this to be quite interesting, and I enjoyed the metaphor. Thanks for sharing!

[Stella Armour]

So gentle Vol, almost a lullaby feeling and then the sadness... oh such sadness :(

[Lorry]

Beautifully capturing a moment, so easily imagined by the reader, of a moment of beauty, remembering how missed someone is in this life.
A calm reflective moment before the storm took her to another place and time.