A Paper Boat
For all of you who began reading my last epically lengthy work, only to falter after seeing that it was not a trifling little ditty to be gobbled up in a single mouthful – here’s something more manageable.
A Paper Boat belongs to the following groups:
OCAU Photographers and All Things Poetic, Artistic, PhilosophicalI want to build a paper boat
to float away on the gushing waters
of the city streets and urban lanes
Setting sail against splashing wheels
I’ll deftly skip over debris rapids
Navigating swirls of brimming rain
I want to feel the paper light
Illuminate my tiny cabin
Casting textual newspaper shadows
I will make me a paper hat
Just like a real sailor
And man the helm shouting ‘ahoy!’
Perhaps on my journeys
I’ll meet other boats
And see sailors like me
Maybe there will be the occasional bump
Our boats may entangle
And we’ll heave to for repairs
And maybe we’ll chat a while
Talk about the weather
And have a cuppa tea
And then we’ll set sail
Like we are supposed to
And travel the gutters again
Maria Medeiros
So beautiful! lovely !
Lorraine Creagh
So delightful…would make a lovely children’s story. Now for illustrations.. =P
MissKristy
Oh Mark…why did you have to go and remind me of Sailors? LOL This is so exquisitely beautiful…and absolutely sums up where I am at right now too. Thanks for sharing.
PJ Ryan
And then we’ll set sail
Like we are supposed to
And travel the gutters again
killer stanza .. absolutely love it
beautiful metaphor and imagery in this piece
Edward Denyer
Nice one Mark – Ted
Caroline Gorka
Oh Mark…you wrote it :)))
Beautiful imagery xx
Mary Campbell
Every city childs dream, as an adult sailor I’d love to be able to travel this way when stuck in the urban world.