I’ve got this dream
\nyou\u2019ll see
\na wanting
\ndeep within me
\nalways there
\nlike a past life thingy
\nand yet put on hold
\nuntil the time
\nwhere it will
\nfind fulfillment
\nbut I do have
\na great imagination<\/p>\n
I want to sail
\nyep, at least
\na 40\u2019 Catamaran
\nall the way
\nfrom Boston, MA
\nto Leland, MI<\/p>\n
this dream to me
\nseems possible
\nalthough
\nsome think different
\nand I must admit
\nit is a little insane
\nto say the least
\nespecially if
\nthe waters rise
\nthe weather
\nworsens
\ndue to
\nclimate change
\nas predicted
\nby science<\/p>\n
I\u2019d have to leave
\nBoston harbor
\npassing the ship
\nU.S. Constitution
\nsail around Nova Scotia
\nCape Breton
\nonce home to the
\ninventor named Bell
\nand if I had my wish
\ncould pick
\nthe day and time
\nthe place
\nI would die
\nit would be
\nright off
\nthe best kept secret
\non the Cabot Trail
\nMeat Cove<\/p>\n
then I\u2019d go down
\nthe well traveled
\nSt. Lawrence Seaway
\ntoward Quebec
\nand Montreal
\nand then it\u2019s said
\nthe best of sailors
\nhave been tested
\nby the locks
\nfull of tankers
\nand the canals
\nas well as,
\nthe changing
\nweather of
\nlake Ontario
\nif you get past
\nNiagara Falls
\nnear Buffalo, NY<\/p>\n
let\u2019s not forget
\nsailing across
\nlake Erie,
\nthen north up
\nthe Detroit river
\npast the
\nRouge river
\nwhere my
\nschoolmate Jimmy
\nand I worked at
\nFord Motor Company
\na year and half ago
\nhe passed away
\noh how I miss him dearly
\nand I think of when
\nhe lived in
\nAllen Park
\nthe city
\nwith one of my most
\ninfluential muses
\nas a poet
\nRLF
\nshe now fights
\nthe battle
\nagainst MS<\/p>\n
as I sailed by
\ngently I\u2019d wave
\noff in a distance
\nat the two houses
\nI owned
\nin Farmington
\nand Farmington Hills
\nhomes where I lived
\nfor about 15 years
\nwith my ex-wife
\nand three children<\/p>\n
after which
\nI\u2019d sail on
\ninto lake Huron
\ntowards the thumb
\npast the land areas
\nin Michigan
\nand Canada
\nthe country
\nmy children’s ancestors
\nare from
\non their mother’s side
\nof the family
\nhow I miss
\nmy in-laws
\nPapa G
\nand Mickey …..
\nmy family has lived
\nin counties named
\nSaginaw
\nand
\nMidland
\nwhere my ex-wife
\ngave birth to our son
\nand Bay City
\nthe town,
\nmy best friend
\nin high school now lives
\nwith his wife
\nthe singer Madonna
\nwas born there
\nwho my girlfriend
\nwent to high school with
\nback towards Pontiac
\nin Rochester<\/p>\n
as I sailed on
\nturning to the west
\nI\u2019d blow a gentle kiss
\nto my hometown
\nFreeland
\nstill to this day
\nmy mom and siblings
\nlive nearby
\nmy dad has passed away
\nI am so glad
\nhim and I
\nworked things out
\nas father and son
\nin my forties
\nthis is also a place
\nfilled with memories
\nabout classmates
\nold friends
\nwith names like Alan
\nLarry
\nDonny
\nBruce
\nMike
\nmy baseball team
\nBand of Brothers
\nand a Sister
\nI call Bertie
\nall I’ve stayed
\nin touch with
\nthrough the years
\nalong with my 2nd family
\nthe Pingel’s
\nlove you tons
\nMert and Fran
\nLinda and Dolly
\nincluding your
\npain in the ass brother
\nI previously mentioned
\nand the daughter
\nof my dad’s best friend Ray
\nSusie …. my eternal sister
\nI love her dearly ~
\nboy do I remember
\nmy childhood
\nsweetheart
\nCAM
\nthe girl
\nthat turned into
\na beautiful woman
\nand mother
\nI will always love<\/p>\n
eventually I\u2019d reach
\nthe windy
\nStraits of Mackinac
\nwhere thousands
\nof shipwrecks
\nboats both
\nbig and small
\nhave sunken to
\na watery fate
\ndeep down
\nat the water’s bottom
\nI’d sail under
\nMighty Mac
\nthat bridge my
\niron-worker relatives
\nhelped to construct
\nand where my cuz David
\nattends regularly
\nthe iron-worker games<\/p>\n
if that weren’t enough
\nthe fun I’ve dream of
\nahead
\nin lake Michigan
\nis about to being
\nalong my way
\nto the east
\nI\u2019d think inland
\nto Alanson
\nand the Crooked River
\nthe place where
\nmy father\u2019s parents
\nowned a cottage
\nduring my
\nchildhood days
\nand what child
\ncould ever forget
\nthe drive-in there
\nwith the polar bear
\nin the glass case
\nan the racing boats
\nflying down the river
\nthe noise hurting my ears<\/p>\n
suddenly
\nas I slip on by
\nthe mouth of
\nGrand Traverse Bay
\nI’d see before me
\nthe Leelanau Peninsula
\nand soon thereafter
\nthe Leland Marina
\nmy destination
\never since
\nI left Boston
\nawhile ago<\/p>\n
instantly
\nmy mouth waters
\nfor white fish
\n15 year old scotch
\ndown at
\nthat place
\nmy love and I
\nonce ate
\nif still there
\ncalled the Cove
\nbut first I\u2019ll call
\nmy loved ones
\nback in Mass
\nand tell them
\nI’ve finally made it
\nand I’ll fly home soon
\n’cause my muses in NYC
\nRegina
\nand KAP
\nflood back into my mind
\nas well as my publisher
\nand fellow artist
\n“just Bill” in Jersey
\nmy activist friend Eberhardt
\nand the spirit
\nof my comrade Dino
\nmy artist friend Andrew
\nin and around Baltimore
\nall calling me
\nback to action<\/p>\n
but before then
\nI\u2019ll call an old friend
\nin Traverse City
\nto help me celebrate
\nbecause, after all
\nI’ve got this dream
\nyou\u2019ll see<\/p>\n
peace out<\/p>\n
Words by \u00a0 \u00a0~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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