Chattering

Sails flick while chattering To the wind deciding How to best throw itself Into its arms. Port rocks to starboard And back again While I'm throwing my insides Over the rail into the sea. Mainsail catches and off we go Pushed along by nothing Except the breath of the sea My stomach as a sacrifice. The water decides most things And today to swell and fall Bucking like a horse. It's just the risk you take When you let her be herself.