Friday, August 20, 2010

The Rudder

rough wooden rudder feels
good and
true in
my hand

as I uncertainly
-------angle the yacht
-------------against the stiff breeze
white fibreglass and triangle sails
the lake a shimmering highway of discovery

moving my hand one inch
makes the bow turn three feet

for thousands of years
people have sailed this way
wind harnessed by billowing sails
my hand holding steady

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