Rowboats

ROWBOATS


THE BOATS WERE GATHERED AROUND THE DOCK
WONDERING WHERE THEIR SAILORS WERE
SOON THEY WOULD BE PUT AWAY
IT WAS THE TIME
FOR THE PUTTING AWAY
THE TOYS OF SUMMER
THE TREES HAD DRESSED FOR ONE LAST DANCE
THE HAWK GOOSE AND BLACKBIRD
DECORATED THE SKY WITH THEIR PASSING
THE LOON
IT SEEMS JUST RECENTLY BORN
WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS
AWKWARD AND UNGAINLY
MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM LAKE TO OCEAN
AS AWKWARD AND UNGAINLY
AS MOST TRANSITIONS ARE
AND THE LAKE
FLAT AS A MIRROR
SENT A RIPPLE
TO PASS BENEATH THE DOCK
WHERE I SAT
ENJOYING THE WARM FALL DAY
RESTING FROM THE PUTTING AWAY OF TOYS
WAS IT AN ANSWER FROM GOD
FOR A PRAYER I'D SAID
AND ANSWERED
AS SO MANY PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED
WHEN THE WORLD IS IN TRANSITION
AND IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE
WE SEE A LEAF IN FLIGHT
ACTING AS IT WERE ENJOYING THE MOMENT
WE LIFT WITH THE LEAF
WE FEEL ITS JOY AND FREEDOM
SO THAT WE ARE MOVED TO TAKE A STICK
AND RIPPLE THE WATER
SENDING A THANK YOU
BACK TO GOD

FRANK A VOLLMER