We Sailed

Yesterday, we sailed

Out of the insignificant, protected waters of Mill Basin

Under the Belt Parkway’s only draw bridge

Into the deceptively calm Jamaica Bay

Tacking south through the waters of refuge

One of only three sailboats in sight

A southerly wind powered a port tack

West, under the Marine Parkway Bridge

Out past

            Rockaway Inlet to the south

            Coney Island to the north

To where we flirted with thirty footers

And cargo ships in Ambrose Channel

Caressed by wind

Kissed by sun

We reached consensus

“Life does not get any better than this”

A steady five to ten knot breeze

Under sail upon open water

Rum waiting for an end of day toast

JEH

8/27/2012