Family

Ocean gone wild today

in roiling degrees of blue

confusion where man-o-war

fit right in hiding beneath

rolling crests frothing white 

then the searing sting

We shared a last feast

one sailboat rides jib south

a cabin cruiser slams north   

on this first visit since 2009

above the wind driven sea

until the next time we meet

Sweet Zach towers over me

Sweet Cody just a tad taller

Sweet Brittney a petite 5 feet

both a sad and joyous time

too many years gone too far by

hard for a scattered mind

Grandpa” knows” who they are

but his focus is on me which

pulls at my focus on them and

their focus on being with us

yet they focus on him endearingly

sadly I fear he misses it

If only, if only, if only, but maybe

if there had been more visits it

would have made this more difficult

for had the children bonded and

seen the changes rather than only

knowing intellectually who he is now

A man lost in a maze of destroyed neurons

a man a-sail with only a jib in a crazy sea

ocean gone wild in degrees of blue

where man-o-war hidden beneath sear

and all is pain and shadows and confusion