My Companion of Long Ago

My Companion Of Long Ago Soon we will meet again Because I am going home I can't wait to see her Whose banks I once did roam Whose blue liguid I swam in as a child free of care I wonder has she changed much And I hope not Will she recognize me When I get there Will she recall the time I almost drowned When she guided my hand To grasp a crack in the pier At Farran's Point Canal In our riverside town Where I skipped stones Across her ripples And watched my brother's ships As they sailed through And I rode on the gates as they opened An illegal thing to do Will she afford me The pleasure of sunbathing Nude amid her gentle wave Has she yet the golden voice Only sailors have heard Will she woo me as I bathe Are the fish as plentiful In her keeping And will she give some up to me Catfish were so delicious And her specialty Joan Donnelly Ellis July 29, 2016