Young Odin Remembered

 Dad would be 83 today....

Young Odin on the Beach

I am thinking of you at 80

Telling me in your mind

You are 25

And railing against infirmity

As I study Mom’s photo of you

On the beach with a T-shirt in hand:

You are tall, thin, young,

And your hair is swept

In a curling wave.

She was looking up

And looking at you

When she snapped this image

Of you in your wiry youth

In that place you found home--

The water.

You are unaware of the camera

As it takes you in

By the edge of the ocean,

Eternity a mere lapping wave,

A background song,

Or so it seemed

When it was all ahead of you,

To a story that would be written

In sand

Time and again.

Remembering Dad on his 81st birthday, 24 August 2020.