The Sailor and his Daughter

And symbolic and image abundant poem about a father sending his daughter off to high school.

The Sailor and his Daughter

Whitecaps of word

And winds of crass

Yet, I thought, how could you stay dry

Amid the torrent, my love?

To battle against force of such power

Must be a tiring ordeal

For I was once a sailor

Of the vessel you must bear

Sentimentality was her name

A finite ship of pride and pain

For four long years we roamed the seas

On wind that courage blew

The crew was of little to begin

as few where strong, nor durable

But oddity comes in forms abstract

And always carries forth

And to battle!

survival supersedes reward

their cannons flare across the waves

We return with silent scorn

As proud vigilantes we may appear

I could not shake the grey parrot

He nests in the topmast and flies to my ear

And whispers: Is loneliness your wish?

Oh Jessica, I wish you well

For few have sailed and lived to tell

Take care of your vessel and it shall ever serve

To shelter through fire

And the storm

Author's Note

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