Everything Is

Day one thousand has always been the white whale. Pursued obsessively, aggressively, manically Everything is intentional Everything is– The last time I took a drink, it was a bottle of wine and a six pack I could barely tell the nurses at the hospital What was In time I guzzled non-alcoholic beer Hunted down mocktails Sucked down Shirley Temples The white whale called to me Deep in the ocean, Echolocation Searching & searching for its promise I am reeling in broken parts of an ocean vessel One sailor is adrift Call me Ishmael I am the one who survives