June 7, 2023

STATEN  ISLAND  FERRY

 

Way before the Verrazano Bridge

As kids we loved a trip across the Narrrows –

that water way between Brooklyn

and Staten Island – on the ferry.

5 cents, Looking back I never asked

my dad his thoughts – as he stood

at the railing – seeing boats – from

everywhere. Did it bring him back to

his arrival in America by boat from Ireland?

That’s one more question I never asked

him – one more wondering – about his life.

Was there any grammar school teacher

who gave us questions to ask our parents

when we got home from school or are

these just one more of the many questions

we get long after they died?

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello