The Sea – A Poem

What would it be like
to grow up by the sea?
Would I become a sailor
a fisherman
a surfer
a bartender
or a smuggler?
I would like to be a pirate
but, like Jimmy,
I’m a few hundred years too late.
Perhaps I stay inland
and avoid those temptations.
For I was called to be a writer.
So inspiration is what I’ll take from
the Sea.