scene in the shipyard

life is best lived
with both
unbreakable strength
and soft tenderness
of mercy


* "The first week at August's was a consolation, a pure relief. The world will give you that once in a while, a brief time-out; the boxing bell rings and you go to your corner, where somebody dabs mercy on your beat-up life."  ~Sue Monk Kidd (From The Secret Life of Bees)