Soon but not today
A mantra I leave tied around my neck
  for safe keeping
The knot is double tied for permanence or
I forgot how to tie any other types of knots
There are big waves in the Sound
  and bigger still in Nazaré
If I could surf, I don’t think I’d want to
My swimming was left underdeveloped like
  the way this place used to look
a few centuries back
My brain has grown accustomed to melancholy
  and strokes it like a Cheshire Cat on its lap
The cat looks for Alice in the mouse traps
  because he’s lazy
He knows the story’s ending soon,
   but not today