Inside This Boat... Poem by RIC BASTASA

paddle your way
take the boat
do not mind the
waves of this sea
focus on the
coconut island
where the women
are dancing
where the men
are drinking wine

let your hands
be strong
your mind as sharp
as your spear
let your patience
be like the sun
let yourself be open
like an edgeless
horizon

paddle your way
into the waters of fate
out there
after this darkness
the kindness of light
and the opulence of
air
wait for you...