part the waters

never mind

the years:

my mind sharp,

memory vivid, 

I can still 

jump waves and

part the waters,

my imagination

skiing on

an ocean. 

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo © 1982 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo of R. Baker skiing off Seletar Island, Singapore 

taken by Anthony Lee Kim Huat, 1982.