I will name it after you.
It will be as perfect as you are
With tall masts and beautiful, unruffled sails
my boat will be reliable,
sailing strong and steady across stormy seas
it won't sit too low in the water
it won't sit too high either
it won't have a motor
but it will have shorelights
and every time I turn them on,
you'll know what I'm thinking about.
If I should ever build a boat
I will paint it gold and blue
blue for the way I'll feel when I leave it
and gold for the way I'll feel while I sail:
the same way I feel when I see you
the boat won't be perfect
but no one ever is,
it'll be close though, I hope.
If I should ever build a boat
I'll sail it home to you.
The work of a girl-woman whose sole talents are writing and being lazy.
This is the type of lovely poem that should be illustrated and bound and taken off of bookshelves often.
ReplyDeletewhy thank you. I wish I had managed to make it longer.
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