A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
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
insignificant
ANDY
SYOR
(Inspiration; Early in 1966; prior to our Vietnam deployment; aboard the USS Westchester County/LST-1167 with BLT 3/5’s motor pool; we ran into a typhoon on the way to Mt Fuji, Japan.)
