dreary grey morning
laboring against head wind
lone goose without flock
dreary grey morning
laboring against head wind
lone goose without flock
gliding through stillness
sixteen oars with one heartbeat
bisecting the sun
horizontal sun
lighting stage for mating rite
cottonwood ballet
forecast ominous
clouds threaten to deliver
sunrise upstages all
at journey’s end
our vessels arrive safely
but not unchanged