After Long Braving

Who is to say

And how will you know

How the world turns this way

After you go

Making plans for that

And every other thing -

See the fishermen chat, waiting on Spring.

There I was thinking no particular thought,

Round up the wagons, share what you caught-

'Til at once the sea shifted --

And the stars they did lend

A light in the distance

Once round the bend.

There you stood waving

All I knew to be true -

After long, braving

The familiar brand new.

July 24, 2010