A map of Dreams

"I need a boat to sail the sea"
"Where across the sea do you need to be"
"Don't ask so much, that's for me to know"
"But without my boat, you'll never go"
I thought for a moment, what harm could come
so I showed him on a map, I pointed with my thumb.
Just a tiny little dot, a speck of land.
A place so small it's covered by my hand. 
"But what could be there that you need so bad"
"Something that I lost, but never had."
So I told him a tale of a girl that I knew,
a girl so beautiful she couldn't be true.
"My friend, you sound like a lovesick fool."
"Yes, I know, but what can I do?"
"Come back tomorrow and we'll see what can be done"
So I left and came back before the rising of the sun.
But my friend was gone and so was his boat,
the only sign that was left was this hand-scribbled note,
My friend, I am sorry, but I left at night
it was your tale that sent my heart to flight.
So I'm off to see your spot of land
and find this girl and take her hand.
I waited to hear for nearly year
But no word came, they're lost I fear.
Now every day I walk down to the shore
hoping to see a sail,
or hear the splash of an oar.

Author's Note

Not sure about the title.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Oh yeah, haven't we all been there a time or two? I'll never forget getting this old boyfriend a job where I worked & then he knocked up another girl there . . . made my job a place of humiliation, so I eventually quit rather than seeing these two together every day. I like the way your poem makes this into a dreamy sort of scenario, with a "sailing away" motif, which makes such a painful situation seem a little more poetic than it really is *smile* Good use of imagination to add grace to an otherwise ugly mess.

[James]

"Knocked up" another girl...wow, what a piece of work. Thanks, i was trying to write a happy story about a boy who sailed across the world and found her, but it just wouldn't come out. Besides, i thionk this was a lot more realistic.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

when the map gets in the wrong hands?

wow---i have introduced girlfriends to best friends...and ended up on the sidelines watching their game.

it happens....i like the presentation of this...sneaky person with the boat---
might serve them right to capsize...