No Reason To Cry

Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Thoreau

barely afloat

from the wrong side of the boat

i cast my net upon a lonely, unforgiving and harsh sea

worn mesh patched and dispatched

full of empty, abandoned holes and wanting, stretched faith

water where wine ought be

miraculously it is filled to overflowing

filled with seemingly nothing to the naked eye

intangible abundance within heart and soul

forever and again

a once blind fisher of men

calling out to others to come and help with a ponderous haul

feeding me for when to myself i die

erasing skeptical questions of how or why

assuring that the lured captain's catch of eternity has

no reason to cry

Author's Note

"Who hears the fishes when they cry?" - Thoreau

Reviews

[Alla Antsis]

Love your work, Pete! "Barely afloat" is especially connecting....

[Pete]

thank you kindly for sharing ... :)