'JUMP'

Would you ever just
Jump ship? Step off
This aircraft carrier,

Gun-metal gray, big
As a small planet,

So precise and on

Top of it all

Always,

And with the endless
Possibilities of mother
Ocean arising beneath

Your fearful body, fall
Into unarmored space
Towards your deeper

Destiny and one small
Tattered and scattered,

Uncertain sailboat?

I would. I have kissed this
Empty air feet-first,
Taken one crazy plunge

Down into the salty, wet
Lips, the seductive chaos
Of life herself.

Meet me here
Soon,


    if you will.