We spend our lives under power,
leaning into the wind.
Sailing on San Francisco Bay [Flickr page]
Our jaws are set
in grim determination
to overcome it, to push past it,
toward some elusive, never-ending goal.
Golden Gate Bridge from the Bay [Flickr page]
But every now and then
we can make peace with the wind,
declare our kinship with the here and now,
San Francisco Bay Astern [Flickr page]
And sail with the easy currents
of unhurried time.
U.S. Coast Guard Station, Golden Gate [Flickr page]
Written after sailing in San Diego, California in February 2008. Photos from a sail out the Golden Gate and back in San Francisco in July 2013. Click on individual images to enlarge, or check out my entire set of San Francisco on Flickr. All are Copyright © 2013 Edwin A. Suominen. You may freely use them for non-commercial purposes, with attribution, under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
