Cape Town Photograph

across the inlet Cape Town dots the shore the homes and buildings are like children's blocks a steamer pushes heavy near the harbor and penguins frolic in the breaking waves beneath the Cape Town light commerce proceeds the stamp of vibrant life is everywhere but where we stand to view the drumming scene upon the rocks, a rotting fishing boat and I can sense the boat in better times where brawny men hauled in their load of fish and in the evening sang and drank their ale or headed to the port to find their woman those men are dead, their once proud vessel broken part taken by the waves and burning sun and yet that sun will grace another crew and consecrates the lives the sea reclaims