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We Went On the Boat - a Sonnet For David

It was our pride and joy, that boat...our prize.
We'd sail to Key West every year in fall,
After summer downpours left the noon.
We made our pact there as we both had suffered
from the plague ungluing all our lives.
Now, I'm here next to his pallid body - 
pale blue masque on, jaw aslack, grotesque.
He made the leap; he had escaped, was gone
Upon a journey I could not attend.
He left me all alone to to sail solo.
Yet, he was captain and I his lowly mate.
Who would pull the spinnaker to catch the breeze?
Or talk with me as a person, unaffected?
Now, I was all alone just cast upon the water...

I sold that boat...

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Diane Christian Date: 2/25/2025 1:22:00 AM well done on your featured poem. thanks for sharing Login to Reply Dr Richard A Martin Jr Date: 2/25/2025 7:34:00 AM Thank you

Beata Agustin Date: 8/15/2023 7:19:00 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts filled with nostalgia through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed. Login to Reply

Leo Larry Amadore Date: 5/16/2021 5:11:00 PM I read your sonnet with interest and a great deal of empathy -- my condolences for your loss and my hopes for eventual lessening of your pain. You made a fitting and proper poetic eulogy. Thank you for letting us read it. Login to Reply

Line Gauthier Date: 2/4/2021 9:21:00 PM Very touching ~ lovely to find your poem published in the 2020 PS Anthology. Login to Reply

Cathleen Weissenborn Date: 10/22/2020 10:08:00 AM Wow. I wasn't expecting that. Brought tears to my eyes. It is said that Death ends a life down here as we know it, but it cannot end the relationship. I have found this to be overwelmingly true. The relationship is of the soul, the spirit and lives on. Login to Reply

Orochi C. Joshua Date: 9/20/2020 4:53:00 PM Well penned tribute to a beloved amigos. Very touching Login to Reply

Anisha Dutta Date: 9/17/2020 8:57:00 PM Life is like that. Well-penned. Iam touched. Blessings. Login to Reply Dr Richard A Martin Jr Date: 9/17/2020 9:36:00 PM Thanks!

David Walker Date: 9/17/2020 12:45:00 PM A sad passing of the tourch. Are we ever ready? Again, I love the story in the way it is told. Login to Reply Dr Richard A Martin Jr Date: 9/17/2020 9:36:00 PM Thanks!

James Marshall Goff Date: 9/17/2020 11:41:00 AM Richard...as a reader of this well crafted poem...I was pulled in with line 1...the best poets always accomplish such method..."It was our pride and joy, that boat...our prize" notice the elipsis after boat! one is allowed to imagine their journey of pride and joy...how very delightful! Lovely work...jmg Login to Reply Dr Richard A Martin Jr Date: 9/17/2020 9:37:00 PM Thanks!

Lorraine Peterson Date: 9/17/2020 11:40:00 AM sounds like you lost the love of your life Login to Reply Dr Richard A Martin Jr Date: 9/17/2020 9:37:00 PM One of them, yes. Thanks!

Mahtab Bangalee Date: 9/14/2020 11:52:00 PM Now, I was all alone just cast upon the water...sad not the last line; wide, wide alone on the wide, wide water......I enjoyed this poem; ....MB of BD Login to Reply Dr Richard A Martin Jr Date: 9/17/2020 9:38:00 PM Thanks!