My Poetry

Our Long Journey

Like the strong breakwater off the shore

Protecting boats anchored in the slips,

You’ve been the strength that keeps

Our boat safely harbored

Against the winds and storms of our life.

Even tho’ our boat has been blown off course

Many times over the decades,

Our journey continues, your hand on the rudder

Giving up your life preserver.

Protecting me, so often, as I fall overboard

I should have been lost at sea

But for strength and never ending faith

You bravely navigate the winds

To save me.

And as our journey continues to

Circumvent the world of life,

I, your first mate may likely

Lose grip of the rudder

Falling overboard, stalling our voyage.

My love for you is steadfast

And with the faith I have in you,

I pray that together we hold on

To the ship’s wheel,

And calmly sail off into the

Sunset of our life.