A Sentimental Journey (Linked Haiku/Senryu)

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

                                                           

    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.)