If You Have To Go Overboard - Do It

IF YOU HAVE TO GO OVERBOARD - DO IT

i'd like to think
if i were to write a poem,
i'd hope it would carry along
something of significance

if that were the last straw

i mean really significant!

so, if I took a small fishing boat
out on lake erie
and threw over my heart,
it would still be in a body

since that is the case,
what effect can it have?

in one aspect, it's in the cradle
of nature's element,
and when it's floating in the waves
there are ups and downs

and if i were to do that
with this language as i know it
would it not still have peaks and valleys
floating in the water -
like a life preserver

words can be funny, though
so, if i were to write all this
while sitting in the boat
and strike a match and light this poem,
would thoughts get intensely hot for a brief moment?

but there is my heart
still floating

if a line were attached,
would it be worth reeling in?

verbalizations can sometimes come across
like diamonds in the field

it takes a lot of extracting to reach a defining point

if i have gone overboard,
will my soul for a change become significant?