The Old Boat

Abandoned

This Body will someday be

Like a peeling boat exiled to land

A ship banned

Never to return to Sea.







Rusted still

These Limbs will someday be

Old tools at the bottom of the box

Under frozen lock

And long lost Key





But this Body is More than mere Tool or Boat

Meant for much more than Work or Float

It's My Home





It carries me till I come to shore

Step out of the boat and sail no more

Except to Board the Vessel that will Spirit me Across that Dark Vale







The tools will be shut away, the boat will lose it's sail,

Never more to Roam.

-Eric Clayton September 5, 2008