Thursday, 17 June 2021

A Poem a Day (440): Overboard

A poem from a black and white photograph


 
Overboard
 
An empty skeleton,
rib cage laid open,
settles into the sand
as white as the light
baking under the sun.
Breezes create waves
spun over this surfacing.
A split oar spills
overboard stuck fast,
half a starboard missed.
Rotten boards washed blue
will never more set sail
from this final resting place,
beached out of flow.
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, June 17, 2021


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