breath holding
shadows
nocturne gray
weave of lamplight
increscent moon-glow
dusk down
and honey-heaped
about the bay
still more of stars
in the lap
of wave water
blue mountains
now puma,
lie down
with a cat's purr
boat cabin windows
single the sky
marlow yellow
red dust maps
on lantern light
creep of bow thrust
against tethers
twines the night
then comes
the touching
intimacy
of hulls
bows
and sterns
of sounds
stolen
from oceans
a plummet
of breath holding
time
all the sails
having been
furled
and the fish
gone
home
shadows
nocturne gray
weave of lamplight
increscent moon-glow
dusk down
and honey-heaped
about the bay
still more of stars
in the lap
of wave water
blue mountains
now puma,
lie down
with a cat's purr
boat cabin windows
single the sky
marlow yellow
red dust maps
on lantern light
creep of bow thrust
against tethers
twines the night
then comes
the touching
intimacy
of hulls
bows
and sterns
of sounds
stolen
from oceans
a plummet
of breath holding
time
all the sails
having been
furled
and the fish
gone
home