Overboard

photo credit: Robert Couse-Baker without a trace via photopin (license)

After the storm, when the rage has subsided
A dead calm takes over. A false dawn is my fear,
As frightening as the storm in its way.
For you expect me to speak first,
To return things to normal. As if there is no wreckage,
No cargo to salvage and no survivors to be found.

© 2019 | Frank Regan, All rights reserved.

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