When You Coast In

When you coast in to the calm,
slowing, your momentum gladly checked at last
by shallow water,
you do not regard at all what storms may still
wreak havoc on the shore. No,
you are holding as you stop a memory
of what great tempest drove you, and your heart
is savoring a fragile peace, 
released from turbulence to quiet.
Soon enough you will disembark,
turn up the collar of your coat, and trudge
on to your next goal. For one more minute
as you loose the anchor let your resting place
be here, where no wind is your master.

April 28 2011