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Drifting Among the Pelicans

Enjoying this day resting upon a plastic raft from the Dollar Tree
I’ve drifted away from the beach into the sea
Now beyond anyone’s reach, I am gone forevermore
And neither of us – neither I nor those on the shore
Realized I was drifting to the ocean past safety, on a cheap plastic raft aboard. 

My bones are so heavy and dense that surely they’d sink fast to the bottom should my plastic raft deflate
But alone with no other hope, I have more faith in it than in anything else 
including myself. This raft it is my life, future, and fate! 
I float and gaze upon the swooping pelicans diving from the sky to the water’s surface 
Then at the last second gliding and landing with such amazing grace. 

I know not the depth nor the force of the current 
pulling me away from the rest. 
I never learned it could pull so swiftly this far north, south, east, and west
Leaving us all wondering where the rest of us went
Without notice given nor received
We drift with the waves into the sea

Soon the sun will set
And I’ll just glide and slide on my raft into the night, as though we’ve never met
My bones are so heavy on the ground, but on the raft so light
I just drift away with no sound and delight
In nothing to do but to watch pelicans dive and fly as I glide aboard a plastic raft 
drifting in the ocean’s amazing grace before anyone notices it can no longer be saved, as it has floated too far away to come back.

Copyright © Amy Sell | Year Posted 2018

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Tom Cunningham Date: 4/19/2018 2:22:00 AM Enjoyed this Amy, but you see it every year on the beaches people going out on cheap inflatables, over here we get them from the pound store lol. Tom Login to Reply Tom Cunningham Date: 4/19/2018 2:55:00 PM Yes Amy ,most things are a pound ,not always top quality but does the job. Tom. Amy Sell Date: 4/19/2018 8:27:00 AM Do you really have a Pound Store? I hadn't thought about it, and even though it makes perfect sense, I'm amused by the idea for some reason. : )