after R.S.
dear poet,
there is nothing
accidental
about this metaphor:
that we are children
reaching hands
in the hard calloused
eyes of the ferryman who
steers between the winks
of channel-markers
into gloamed twilight;
that we step
quietly on the creaking
planks of secrets and
drink in coastlines
like sweetwater;
and that we finally
follow stars hot
& hard as July earth
until each
reaches home again.
the tenth muse 
Read Ray’s poem first, then yours. I feel the longing in your words. I hope the ending finds the both of them home again together.
Simply love this and as always, don’t know why.
aw, George. glad you like it. when will we see some more of your own writings? eh?
thanks, Mosk. i meant this piece as a response to Ray’s, so you read right. there is certainly longing here, but i don’t know quite whose it is or what it’s searching for..
Beautiful! Tranquil yet disquieting at the same time.
thank you, marilyn. enjoyed stopping over at your site. 🙂
nice…jumped over and enjoyed his…and i like your response…we are all searching for something…and maybe even someone…each time we pick up that pen…
searching is right, brian. if we weren’t, i don’t think we could pick up that pen and have anything meaningful come out of it…
No child should have to be in the ferryman’s boat. Osiris can wait a few decades.
well, i didn’t mean children literally, you know, Carl… 🙂
That’s pretty awesome there.
“into gloamed twilight;” – wish I’d have done that. And the closing lines as well. Well, everything really.
thanks, wanderer. interesting you like the gloamed twilight when, after a round of critique, that was the only line in danger of being cut. glad i stuck with it. *smiles*
Love this, Joanna 🙂
aw, thanks, girl 🙂
‘until each
reaches home again’
Simple yearnings but it’s a hope to want the best for both. Empathy of a higher level for someone dear to one’s heart! Wonderful write, joanna!
Hank
thank you, Hank. 🙂
Umm…gorgeous, just gorgeous – the meeting of image and word like sea-spray on my face…
wow, thank you. hope it was equally refreshing 🙂
Really love this…beautiful photo, too ; )!
-Eva
thank you, Eva.
I enjoyed this one, it was in your voice. I missed that voice. You pulled me to write again, thank you for this lovely piece!
*smiles* i am glad it pulled you to write again. thank you.
smiles, indeed