This and That

I want to see you swim

and overcome obstacles

that threaten –

a crying child

parent too, separation

not a delight

wind hesitates knowing

the power

it wields, can turn his canoe

around, swamp it too.

Opens his eyes and yields

to the view --

a crumbling marriage, loss

of life that promised

faithfulness to the end:

days of iridescent charm.