(Inspiration; during my Marine Corps enlistment, prior to our landing in Vietnam in 1966, we were on a training voyage to Mt Fuji, Japan when our ship ran into a typhoon.)
Now the time was then
and as history repeats
then the time was now
–
the winds tossed the ship
waves cascading over both
port and starboard rails
–
earth controlling her
dominating species with
exacting command
–
hopes of one and all
on seeing a tomorrow
thoughts in the silence
–
an anxious waiting
for more moments in this life
to present themselves
–
asleep in the deep
at this event horizon
not for us or ours
–
the typhoon subsides
and the voyage continues
to unplanned futures
–
humbled we see that
mortal efforts alone are
insignificant
–
Andy Syor
(© Feb 10, 2010-TXu 1-673-107)
