I wrote this about when some of my family and I went fishing and my brothers had...let's just call it way too much fun...comment, critique, and enjoy!!!
On the Way Back
My brothers jump the waves on our boat,
making me and my nephew Carlos laugh. A wave comes over,
soaking me and Carlos with ocean. My brother in law
hands me his navy-blue sweater, which
Carlos and I each put an arm in.
He lays his head on my lap, and soon
his small body
stills,
all the life which had been in him only moments ago
leaving him for the moment. I stroke
his hair, spiky, springing as
my hand passes over it, light as
the sun on a bright day.
The fish we’ve caught fight restlessly in their bucket,
knowing their time is coming,
knowing my brother will not be kind and merciful.
But as for that moment,
I will always remember
that five year old boy,
who laid his head on his aunt’s lap,
who slept until the motor of the boat stopped,
who stuck his fingers in the fish’s mouth
so fearlessly for the group shot that followed.
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