One of the greatest challenges for any writer is to take a story and make it flow. The rhythm of a story helps the reader connect and move thru the story. This is a true story. I love to fish and my days in Florida were filled with many fish tails (pun intended). I hope you enjoy this short story and can read between the lines of its true meanings and that it flows to your liking. As an old fisherman once told me…”Son, if you wanna catch a fish, you gotta have a tight line and a sharp hook.” Tight lines and sharp hooks to you this weekend, may your days be filled with the bounties of a good life.
“A Fishing Tale ”
I met two men today, both fishers of the sea.
One for pleasure, one for pay.
One by day, one by night
One elderly and fragile.
One young and strong.
One with a cat, one with a dog.
One with a wife, one with a can.
One with a house, one with a truck.
One with a motor boat and trailer.
One with a row boat in the back.
One exempt from the license.
One running from the law.
One by day to see better.
One by night to not be caught.
One of distinction and honor.
One of callousness and contempt.
One for fun but less skilled.
One for cash but with stolen gear.
One caught much fewer, but bigger.
One caught much more, but smaller.
One fished as if in heaven.
One fished in his own hell.
One was happy even when empty.
One was never happy even when full.
I met a man today a great fisherman of the sea.
I met another man today but no fisherman was he.
Bryan A. Stross December 2008
2nd Timothy Chapter 3
Mark Chapter 13
As fishers of the sea who cast their nets at what they cannot see,
So shall the faithful be… for all His Glory to one day see.
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