when young I had a dream
recalling only a body of water and a boat
either or both called Langford
understood to be a long crossing
over what or for how long I could not know
this unfamiliar clearly wrought name
intrigued me on waking
not understood nor forgotten
on occasions without reason
rising unbidden from depths
trying to discern that far shore
I cannot see but I come to know
already I am crossing over
sitting still in my wandering craft
wind swirls sea swales abound
Langford - passage over waters of the wine dark sea*
profoundly mysterious treacherous beguiling
in it on it's waves over its hidden deeps
fearful wondrous love enchanted
holding on for dear life
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*Attributed originally to Homer, in The Illiad and Odyssey.
Langford: "the term itself is believed to be composed of two Old English elements: "lang," meaning "long," and "ford," referring to a river crossing or shallow place in a river. Therefore, the name can be interpreted to mean "long ford," which likely described a geographical feature where a river could be crossed." (Ancestry.com)
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