Mariner's Boathouse Is No More!

By Sharon Flitterman-King, Ph.D.

Mariners' boathouse
Is no more --
friends, fun and
family,
memories of shorebirds
and seagrass, palm trees,
seashells,
and walks on
the beach.
Gone. gone.

A lone magpie surveys
the scene --
ocean everywhere, sand,
debris,
no homes.
We grieve, we mourn.
But in our hearts
the boathouse
lives --
Fort Myers Beach. Estero Island.
they flourish still
as we remember.

Sharon Flitterman-King is a writer and painter who lives in Hillsdale, New York. For many years, she and her husband David King spent time in Florida at Mariner's Boathouse, now wiped out by Hurricane Ian. The watercolor painting in this post is by Dr. Flitterman-King.