INTERSECTIONS

It is time for me to set my sails
for a different horizon;
you have to go where things happen.

My raft carries me to my island
that isn’t much bigger than me—
the whales are my emissaries.

We came together and now we part,
like we always do—wish for others’ peace
down the road.

Someone out there is sad,
it’s good to say
a prayer for them.

(December 21, 2008)