August 14, 1995

remember it well…
my sail boat experience
first...and, I think, last

not a pleasant trip
much spent retching overboard
should not have eaten

others did have fun
gratifying to observe
such comradery

so it is at sea
this I have read and heard said…
saw but did not feel

yet begrudge not those
who enjoy what I cannot
be glad that they can

as I can and did...
time spent in silence, alone
sitting on the bow

Gulf wind buffeting
sparkling waters chopping by
sails snapping smartly

on land all was well
moments shared with one I love
sickness left at sea

(to be continued...)