a glass of water

A glass of water He got up late and thought of coffee, he had to drink it in black Forgot to buy milk yesterday because it was raining which is good news, hotels in the Algarve, tourists can shower every Water, water everywhere, most of it in undrinkable he spent years at sea on ships of ennui and boredom except when his ship birthed and a life of adventures that lasted all too short. with a glass of water in his hand, looks out of of the bedroom window, and there, a bite further along is the glittering sea, as he knows how vengeful and irate the ocean can be he senses no nostalgia. 85 years old, the past, is in shadow land remembered when needed the know is a glass of water in hand the future, although short, holds no fear of an ending Heaven is a vast open space. Still, deep in himself, he senses a loss, there will not be another him, childless, he has walked through life with a glass of drinking water in his hand, he thinks this not of great importance, but the thought lingers