Monday, April 11, 2011

Boat - by Rand

Imagine the first
person ever to
step into a boat
and drift away
from the land

In your mind is
the person important?
Popular or famous?
Royalty perhaps?
Or maybe the storied
inventor -- launching
to cheers and adoration?

Or is your imaginary
initiate being punished?
A victim of prejudice or
involuntary test subject?

Are our pioneers brave
or addicted to attention
or do they have no choice?

Who jumps
who falls
and who is
pushed?

1 comment:

  1. It is my dream
    To float along,
    To gently drift
    As in a song.
    To see those stars
    High above me
    And know what it is
    To really feel free.
    I wish for currents,
    Not for rotes,
    But most of all
    To be a boat.

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