A photograph of my home and refuge in the Caribbean in 1985.
For my Family of Friends / a poem from my book SEAFARERS (Chronicles of the Suspense and Romance of the Seas). It is also a Theatrical Stage Production in which I portray an adventurous Sea Captain reflecting on his life on Mother Ocean in a variety of literary ways with musical accompaniments and interpretive dancers. Launched at Ira David Wood III’s Theatre in the Park in Raleigh, N.C. in 1988 to standing ovations…and still going strong. Written during my many adventurous (and tumultuous) years at sea. Cheers!
ADRIFT.
Once again a chill night wind
blows its gales across the sea
as the sunset casts
an enflamed
and rippled hue
across the waters.
Vast distances
of liquid motion
stretch their infinity before me
and I have rarely felt
so free.
The sails are drawn
for a night of rest
where I go from here
the sea knows best.
As the veils of night
descend upon me
the moon emits
its silvery canvas
against a spectacle
of aquatic celebration
as is only seen by night.
The stars are
scattered worlds
of light
against an opaque sky
and the nightfall
is a constant whisper
of the mysteries around me.
Truly
all description
would defy the beauty
I choose herein to proclaim
yet still
‘though encompassed
by more wonder
than many a man
has e’er freed his soul
to admire,
my thoughts are adrift
with the song of my heart
and the song of my heart
with the voice of my soul.
Adrift…
adrift…
adrift…
Drifting ever back…
to you.
Claudio Oswald Niedworok
* A photograph of my home and refuge aboard the schooner Orianda in the Caribbean in 1985 cruising after winning The Virgin Islands Yacht Show in King Garden Bay.