Out On The Crystal Blue Ocean

Out on the crystal blue ocean,
Out miles from shore,
Out on a calm day,
Out on a crisp morn,
Out on the Atlantic,
South-southeast from Norfolk

Hovers a helicopter,
Coming in for a landing,
Humans preparing
To go from one substance to another,
Like ice to steam to water,
From mainland to chopper to carrier.

Out on the crystal blue ocean,
Out miles from shore,
Out on a calm day,
Out on a crisp morn,
Out in the Atlantic,
South-southwest from Norfolk.

For Conversations With Walt
Denis J. Kelly
April 21, 2011.