She Who Bore You

I wrote this after seeing a ship crash and break up on the shore in a movie I was watching.

Show respect for she who bore you

and yet birthed you upon this foreign shore

she is more than a means to an end

a vessel in the storm

she is your carrier

and your protector

from the elements

and from harm

She wouldst take hurt for you first

if she could

and so she is

flesh of strong yet flexible wood,

strong unyielding steel,

inexhaustible fire of spirit

show respect for she who bore you

set you down upon this foreign shore

show respect for her

for where will you be when she is no more