Sometimes I Set Sail
A poem by Jack Neubart
©2011 Jack Neubart. All rights reserved.

Sometimes I set sail
For rough waters,
Weighing anchor in a turbulent sea,
Casting my line in search of
The flotsam and jetsam that is my life.

Sometimes I set sail
For nowhere and everywhere,
Following the winds
Of what might have been
But never meant to be.

And sometimes I set sail,
Casting my line into the storm,
Only to reel it in
When the seas have calmed,
Catching nothing
But a moment in time.