Tim Cox

A Fisherman

(Tim Cox)

Captain of your own boat,

The Sea Wife 11, the name;

Docked in Honokohau Harbor,

Ready to bound the main.

Each day the log is legered new,

From around the world they come;

To catch the fish, they all dream,

Of landing the largest one.

No fishing Charter, no money,

Thats the business of the sea;

And if the boats break down . . .

Oh Lord, don't let it be!

Weathered hands, wrinkled brow,

from years of sea and sun;

When Captain of your own boat,

You stay till the work is done.

A Captain of your own ship,

The freedom, a valid goal;

But he rules the land and sea,

is Captain of your soul,

Stay strait the course chartered,

hold tight the Sea Wifes hand;

At home the wife is waiting -

For the return of her fisherman.

Larry D. Sparks

November 8, 1996