Wood and Steel - Brian Narelle

[Larry Robinson]

Wood and Steel

first day at sea
The steel deck hums
 
Rolling ocean bringing back dreams
Of wooden ships and creaking ropes
 
Wood once home to squirrel and bird
Roots knowing darkness and moisture
 
This steel ship knows no life
But for the guest in my cabin
 
A ladybug has stowed away with me
 
I place her in the steel drawer
Of the steel desk
On the steel ship
 
I bring her water
And bits of food
This ambassador of all living things
Trapped in a cold steel world
 
That bug, a living icon
Impossibly red with magic black spots
I fell in love with her
And all creation at the same time
 
But she did not survive
 
Heartbroken in mid-Atlantic
A burial at sea
Inside a matchbox coffin
 
The only wood I could find
 
                                        
        - Brian Narelle
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