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A FISHERMAN'S TALE...

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Lowering my boat into running waters

I paddled out to sea. Midway the horizon

I anchored—A fisherman of memories,

I once more baited my mind’s fishing line

with pages of ancestral truths:  then

waited the reeling in of ghost voices.

 

At sunset—mental basket full,

I paddled back to shore

and built a fire and gathered

the children to savor

and share the day’s hefty catch.

 

Beneath the glowing moonlight

excited orbs reflected

the fire of knowledge

as we sat and sang songs

praising ancestral fishermen

of great African empires…

 

Beneath the glowing moonlight

we sat and sang songs

praising those ancestral fishermen

of the transatlantic journey…

 

Beneath the glowing moonlight

we sat and sang songs

praising those ancestral fishermen

of waters still teeming with injustice…

 

Tomorrow I shall again lower oars—

paddle out into the sea of running waters:

baiting my mind’s fishing line with wiggling justice…

 

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lasi_gi says:

If only the ocean could speak of what lies beneath its bed.
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mlowe5 says:

So true, lasi_gi. Let us continue fishing its depth of "middle passage" graveyard. Peace and Love, M. Lowe.

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mlowe5 says:

Thanks, love_supreme for continuing to fill this Old Fisherman's "bucket" with nourishing SNAPS. Much appreciated. Peace and Love.

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