“The Ferry” by Nathan McClain (poetry ’13)
An excerpt from a poem by Nathan McClain (poetry ’13), published by The Common.
The Ferry
I still had a lover. Maybe let’s start there.
I hitched a ride to Boston, where I missed
the ferry by what seemed like minutes. But time
can work that way in the mind. I was in love
or wanted to be in love and there was distance
everywhere is maybe a better way to put it,
though what exactly was it, I hadn’t given it
a designation. I looked for the boat, it wasn’t there:
only the dock, a few seagulls, a blue distance.
If I was supposed to wave goodbye, I missed
my chance, though what did I care, so in love
with solitude, at least I was at the time.
[…continue reading at The Common.]
