This past week, I involuntarily took a break from writing because of necessary distractions such as work and personal responsibilities as well as fun-filled activities with old and new friends. I took a well-needed vacation out of the city that never sleeps to embark on a new excursion with a much slower and relaxed atmosphere. I attempted to do some inscribing over the weekend, but that didn’t workout. Instead, I focused my energies on swimming in the warm lake of the Poconos, driving a boat, water tubing, drinking in the woods under a burning fire pit, and other miscellaneous avocations. It was a short trip that should have lasted longer, but despite the lack of creative writing, I have accumulated material that will last me forever soon to be transcribed vicariously through my memories.
So I leave you with a poem:
“Sailing Souls, Set Sail”
Nature soothes the air with cool breeze
Sifting through worldly things
Minimal clouds in sight
Dissipating underneath the blazing sun
Smiling with delight to share its vitality with us
Photosynthetic in nature
Giving breath to the stagnant
The lake settles in warmth with no roars of dissatisfaction
As calm as silence
Whistling to the echoes of nothingness
Yet undulant in resemblance of life
Go forth into vast horizons
Take us anywhere to explore like Gilligan
New parts unseen by the nakedness of our eyes
Free from tyranny under ordinary rules
Stripped from head to toes
Translucent like Casper
The friendly ghost
That’s what we are
Enjoying the moment that God has to offer
The gift of two thousand eleven years in the making
Our creation
Soaring to possibilities unknown
More to come
Set sail, sailing souls.
Until Next Time,
Jeff L.
Smock Salute!
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