Seize (Of) Impossibility

Dedicated to a girl I met at a conference years ago (circa 2001) who challenged me to write about Peter, the only man other than Jesus who walked on water


And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. (Matthew 14:25-29)

-------------/I Sea Desert: The Thoughts Of Peter Before He Stepped Out The Boat Towards Jesus

The atmosphere is adversity the air acrid angst the clouds
(winds wildly wryly howling]
once tender tortuously terrorize, taunting your circumstances.
tenaciously twisting the timidity that's always beset you: you'll drown
the boat a barricade
a basket of bodies awaiting a burial boasting banishment
to the nether regions of Hades to any who step out. The water
wrathful waves wroth waiting just to call your bluff: you'll die weak
writhing lungs languishing leviathian lunging straightway...
And the surface of the deep is the daunting devil in dreams
you dared to defeat
in desperation closing
your eyes wishing for more, despite the improbability he scoffs
but you so passionately want to stomp on his head because the shore
is the promise you long made to yourself, you'd never die gripped by
cowardice but bode bravery into your bosom you want to stomp
on the sea still standing safely in serenity savoring the sounds
of salutation from sands
of victory (happiness, health, wealth, family, love, vocations)
because the man bobbling bass bait boorish never brazen is all you
used to be but disdain the wind is doubt the boat parameters paralyzing
fear preventing progress and if you dont step out nothing
will ever change
and if you dont risk this opportunity you destiny will never greet
a chance encounter lost
to latitudes and longitudes







(....and fishing nets forever empty)