ZELDA

Sleepless on a boat
as an outcast on the sea
wanting to to be careless
yet to be free like a butterfly
up to a point
of dodging all responsibility
preparing this Sabbath day
to be utterly changed
without cleaning or laundry
as we caress the large book
containing love's wisdom
psalms, poetry
and our history for study,
the sun never fails us
nor life begrudge or judge us
even when wishing
for an unlettered purity
when embracing a vacation day
here in Safed's art colony
being leeward rowing along
in a pleasure cruise
as we wake up alone
along Lake Galilee
to have a bite of St.Peter's fish
at one's noon hour of leisure.