Almost two weeks ago, my friend posted a photograph that immediately brought me back to my first summer in Italy, when I snapped this shot of a serene sailboat in the distance. Memories flooded my mind the whole day, reminiscing a summer filled with singing, inspiration, and lifelong dreams realized. I felt immersed in gratitude. 

Early the next morning, this little poem poked me awake and raced out of me: 

If I were a small sailboat
out upon the horizon
I would be a sapphire blue
on the glittering silver sea
the wind would carry me
straight along the curve of this Earth
into your eyes; gently billows
through the windows to your sympathetic soul.
If you would
dare an adventure
with me, come aboard
we'll chase the zephyr into eternity.

~mb, July 2017