Two ghosts
come knocking
at your door
knocking
knocking
at your door
with a spirit ship.
In
the hold is
an empty chest.
In your chest a
hole.
“The ship must sail.”
She must be
launched
with all her cargo
on the sea that
has
always been lapping
outside your door.
Two
ghosts
come knocking
at your creaking hull.
“She
must be full.”
You are emptying.
The sails
are filling.
No more knocking
just the swaying as
she
sails to the eternal.
The sea is lapping
lapping
at your door.
The chest is full.
With thanks to Bryan Hewitt for use of his image ‘Voyager Passing’. You can view more of Bryan’s photography and his films on his website Mythology Now HERE.
From Peneverdant 