Rowboats

THE BOATS WERE GATHERED AROUND THE DOCK

WONDERING WHERE THEIR SAILORS WERE

SOON THEY WOULD BE PUT AWAY

IT WAS THE TIME

FOR THE PUTTING AWAY

THE TOYS OF SUMMER

THE TREES HAD DRESSED FOR ONE LAST DANCE

THE HAWK GOOSE AND BLACKBIRD

DECORATED THE SKY WITH THEIR PASSING

THE LOON

IT SEEMS JUST RECENTLY BORN

WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS

AWKWARD AND UNGAINLY

MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM LAKE TO OCEAN

AS AWKWARD AND UNGAINLY

AS MOST TRANSITIONS ARE

AND THE LAKE

FLAT AS A MIRROR

SENT A RIPPLE

TO PASS BENEATH THE DOCK

WHERE I SAT

ENJOYING THE WARM FALL DAY

RESTING FROM THE PUTTING AWAY OF TOYS

WAS IT AN ANSWER FROM GOD

FOR A PRAYER I'D SAID

AND ANSWERED

AS SO MANY PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED

WHEN THE WORLD IS IN TRANSITION

AND IN THE MIDST OF CHANGE

WE SEE A LEAF IN FLIGHT

ACTING AS IT WERE ENJOYING THE MOMENT

WE LIFT WITH THE LEAF

WE FEEL ITS JOY AND FREEDOM

SO THAT WE ARE MOVED TO TAKE A STICK

AND RIPPLE THE WATER

SENDING A THANK YOU

BACK TO GOD

FRANK A VOLLMER