New Year's Day Ships

New Year's Day Ships

I took a nap to the drone
of the rose bowl parade
dreaming my family and I
were on a enormous, gleaming white
brand new cruise ship.

Parallel and heading in the
opposite direction was the ship's twin,
rusted, almost empty but for the a few crew.

The thought occurred
i was going to end up sucked onto the old ship.
It seemed entirely possible
so I hurried down the crowded deck,
walking far away from the railing
afraid to look
worrying about where my children were
and would they see the danger?

Turning a corner,
I saw bad men clustered together talking.
I thought about getting off
a huge dock stood empty on the other side.
Our boat passing calmly between.

I didn't know where to look for the children.
So,I stopped for a moment, thinking
no port is entirely safe anyway.
Which is safer
land or passing through?