Hello 🙂
Katie was in control again today (I love that I have repeat contributors! Do feel free to jump in if you’re new to giving me material, however. Then become one of my regulars…)
I was to have a title of Tomorrow, my character was to be “a sailor (male) with a broken boat” and he was to appear in a poem.
I wrote while our boys were at their educational establishment(s):
Tomorrow
It’s a slow seep
Around my feet
A listing barely felt;
In open sea
Just life, and me:
Resolve begins to melt.
The dip of oars
The pelt that pours
A rhythm set off kilter;
A madd’ning wait:
The lap of fate
My universe’s filter.
To row for shore,
Or bail once more
Is all the choice I have;
Upend this boat
And pray I’ll float –
Through oceans carve a path?
My pretty wife!
Long fought-for life!
In thoughts, while fins skirt ‘round;
Strong, steady hands
This catch will land –
Lay, choking, on dry ground…
Not often that I do a rhyming one these days, thanks for the ideas Katie!!
I urgently need some more suggestions on this Facebook post, please! Gotta keep my random wheels nicely oiled…
See you tomorrow 🙂
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November 8th, 2017 at 9:20 pm
Liked this very much, though I was a bit startled at the end!
November 8th, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Katie’s brief specified ‘male’, so I had to tie it in 😉
November 8th, 2017 at 9:43 pm
Also he is rescued but it is not a straightforward blessing – he is gasping for air as he has got used to the water/needs to muster the energy to carry on when he thought all was lost…