Gone Fishing

Sometimes the only sensible thing

A person can do to recapture sanity is

Go fishing.

Find some out-of-the-way spot

And toss out a line.

It doesn’t matter whether or not
You catch anything.

Just close your eyes and let

Your mind drift gently downstream.

Hypnotized by the rhythmic

Slap slap of the waves.

You can hail bygone friends and family

From the shore as they pass by.

Waving gaily in the joy of seeing

Each other once again.

Funny how they never changed.

No, it’s just a trick of the light

Reflecting off the water.

Nothing can reach you here.

Nothing can disturb your quiet respite.

Here, where nothing matters

And nothing ever changes.

Finally, it’s time to reel yourself back in.

The sun will again lose its daily battle with

Darkness.

Yes, sometimes, the only sensible thing

A person can do to recapture sanity is

Go fishing.