Philippines

Philippines 

Boat

Skimming lightly

Flashing blue-white

Waves lapping out-rigger

Silently

Language challenged

I slip over

Wooden planks and into air

Stare down into the deep

Mesmerizingly

Swift

The thought of survival

Shall these bonny boatmen

Hostage take of me

Over to Mindinao

Where

Pearlers dive and risk their lives

For pretty treasures

Or shall I return to Boracay

And carry home

Strings of pink, white and black

Purchased at a discreet market

Vetted by Police and Mayor

Gifts for my sisters.