Sailing Ship Among The Ghosts

On the Bay-

in the fog and mists

a lone sailing ship 

sails

among the ghosts.

Pale mist, rain

and cloud

the only natural

companions

on a sea of

supernatural

spectral

phantasms-

ghost ships of the

Great Canoes

of the Haida

sail again

The beat of the drum

The cry of the Haida braves

invoking

the great Thunderbird

-he whose image

is the top of

the mighty

Totem

The ships of Captain Cook

and Captain Vancouver

also sail again.

Ships that carried arms

to Dr. Sun Yat-sen 

and his great Revolution

in China

likewise sail on this Bay

heading westwards

in the direction of Asia.

On a day such as this-

brave is the sailing ship

with mortals aboard

that sails alone on the Bay-

for they'll find

that ghost boats of past ships

also sail their way.

-written by Christopher

 circa 1:55 PM Tuesday afternoon

 December 11th 2012