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I sit in the bottom of my boat crosslegged in the cargo hold while waves maraud against the hull, outside. The boat will continue it's existing course: I charted it and I tied the wheel. I will just miss the sights on the way while I am down below. Others will see the boat moving and my career will keep going, but I don't want to be outside, on the deck, experiencing the world, without having you. |
Copyright ©2017 Ashi Shadow - 2/20/17 saw words/lyrics about bottom shelf somewhere else and was inspired.
Somewhat on feelings without Averi.
Considered making the third line say "the ocean's waves".
I added an apostrophe to the word "it's" on purpose, since I would like to change this inconsistent rule in English grammar.
I have done that intentionally in several of my poems recently.
I struggled with the line "I will just miss the sights on the way".
I considered "miss out on life on the way" and similar things, but I felt that would break the metaphor.
Maybe I could make it "I will just miss the trip on the way" and that would have a closer connotation to missing the experience.