I found an old wooden dinghy on the shore, half buried in the sand and half filled with water. It looks like it has seen its better days. There was dead seaweed all around it, which had gotten washed up in the last storm. The tide was high, so the boat ordinarily doesn’t get touched by the ocean except during a storm. Then anything goes and all bets are off. It’s a good thing the old boat is half buried. Otherwise, there’d be no picture because it would have sailed away like a ghost.
Someone rode around in this boat once. They probably used it to get to a larger
craft, which is what many people use dinghies for, although it could have been used
just to toot around the harbor. I wonder
why it was abandoned? Or did the sea
steal it from far away and deposit it here?
The sea is a thief. I don’t really know and I won’t ever know, but it doesn’t matter
anymore. It’s part of the shore now,
like the seaweed and the washed up shells.
It has a right to rest now.
