Annapolis

Delaware is a blink of an eye

Welcome to Maryland says the sign

I'm east bound on route 301

driving down the Bay Bridge corridor

Childhood thoughts billowing in my mind

The eastern shore in my rear view mirror

I feel the gales howling at my window shield

on the long expanse of this twin span bridge

I feel hungry for crab cakes and nostalgia

of riding my bike after school

I feel Annapolis in the distance

Beneath my feet and below the bridge grates

I see the scenery of white caps, fishing boats

and memories straddling the Chesapeake

Off in the distance and to the south I remember...

A rainy ferry boat ride to Tangier island

And to the north a day trip to the Baltimore

Aquarium

Life was simpler on Alder road when I was ten

Living in the hills across from the river Severn

Post card views of the Naval Academy and the

Capital Building

And I remember dad's service and duty to his

country men

When dad wasn't wearing his military rank,

We'd fish for blue crabs along the river with

nothing but a net, some chicken and a string

It was 1985 and life was simpler on Alder road

As I reminsce I miss my exit and jump out of

my thoughts of the past

Back on track and through the hills I drive down

the incline and back into my mind

I can see the Severn river bridge to Annapolis

and the gate way to my childhood