For The Love Of A Fisherman

by Pattra Burnetto Monroe January 4, 2007

My Bathroom
Smells
Like The Ocean
Deep, Salty,
Briny Air
Even Clean
His Wet Clothes
Smell Of Fish
And Sea

My Kitchen Sink
Is Full Of Shells
With Critters
Still Intact
The Fisherman
Has Brought Them Home
For His Sweetheart
Who Loves Them Both
The Salty Seaman
And The Wild Ocean

And I Am Witness
To Their Love And Hate
Their Comings
And Their Goings
Their Separations
And Togetherness
As Turbulent
As The Ocean

This poem was inspired and is dedicated to
Michelle & Leroy, my youngest daughter and son-in- love with love