elishacat- September 10th, 2006
Her element
is water
That much was plain
Mine is air
Wings cannot lie
Lacking comparison, but loving
Where I meet her
Where water meets air
Loving the boundary condition
I learned to sail
"Let the sheet out," my teacher said
"You slow down." Graceful crawl across the waves.
"Haul it in, go faster.
Never into the wind, sail at an angle."
I pull in the sheet with my right
Sails luff, then fill
Tiller vibrates in my left
Water in my left paw, air in my right
Me a bridge between the two
Her world
and mine.
is water
That much was plain
Mine is air
Wings cannot lie
Lacking comparison, but loving
Where I meet her
Where water meets air
Loving the boundary condition
I learned to sail
"Let the sheet out," my teacher said
"You slow down." Graceful crawl across the waves.
"Haul it in, go faster.
Never into the wind, sail at an angle."
I pull in the sheet with my right
Sails luff, then fill
Tiller vibrates in my left
Water in my left paw, air in my right
Me a bridge between the two
Her world
and mine.
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