Listen, can you hear that?
The rain is coming down again. Softly, like that song Ben and I once danced to, the soft crackle of needle on vinyl, whispers from the past. I can feel the early waters swelling, clean and fresh, rising up to greet us with silver finned cheer. Just like every morning on the water. It arrives with promises, with hints flashing in the depths and whispers riding in on the currents. It is reliable, dependable, predictable as an ancient clock tick, tick, ticking away in a forgotten school hall, a faithful and reliable old care taker. That dry and dusty hall, where I first saw Ben’s awkward smile and dreamed of holding his hand, has long since welcomed the lap, lap, lapping of the waves.
I can hear the young fisher men, their banter boldly bristling back and forth along the quayside flashing and bright, like the fish they hope to catch on the hooks that they’re now casting into the deep waters.