{"id":1274,"date":"2014-01-11T15:22:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T20:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2014-01-11T15:22:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T20:22:52","slug":"poem-setting-sail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/11\/poem-setting-sail\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Setting Sail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear brother<\/span>
\nThis morn<\/span>
\nI must part<\/span>
\nLike the wind<\/span>
\nI can<\/span>
\nKnow longer<\/span>
\nTake your merchant ship<\/span>
\nAny moor <\/span>
\nBorne to sale<\/span>
\nFor that is knot<\/span>
\nWhat I was billed for<\/span>
\nTo harbor<\/span>
\nIn relative safety<\/span>
\nMy cell in a dudgeon<\/span>
\nSeeking asylum from<\/span>
\nMy most rugged dreams<\/span>
\nAnd giddy travails<\/span>
\nFor this is<\/span>
\nWhat it must be<\/span>
\nA boat<\/span>
\nBeyond fortuitous cape<\/span>
\nErr akin a strait jacket<\/span>
\nA-company-ing such a torrent<\/span>
\nOf allusions<\/span>
\nWeigh more than<\/span>
\nI can fiord<\/span>
\nA lock-ness monster<\/span>
\nOn every channel<\/span>
\nA rout to cove it<\/span>
\nWith others’ bayou<\/span>
\nFor-going more spunky cruise<\/span>
\nYet before I am<\/span>
\nAwe a loan<\/span>
\nScarcely able<\/span>
\nTo creek<\/span>
\nI am disposed<\/span>
\nTo hanker a mist<\/span>
\nOpportunity to feel <\/span>
\nThe rein in my face<\/span>
\nA cross<\/span>
\nMy bow<\/span>
\nSlinging my buoyant bones<\/span>
\nBeyond sovereigns<\/span>
\nSo so stately<\/span>
\nPowered by the moist awesome winned<\/span>
\nAny challenger might face<\/span>
\nA salt on any countenance<\/span>
\nAs wee grow stronger<\/span>
\nWith every see<\/span>
\nThat seventh heaven!<\/span>
\nAnd in the end<\/span>
\nIf you get my drift<\/span>
\nIn come docked<\/span>
\nFor missing inaction<\/span>
\nMy life know more<\/span>
\nThan a message in a bottle<\/span>
\nKnow assurance<\/span>
\nThat upon my death<\/span>
\nWill pay <\/span>
\nCruel comfort<\/span>
\nTo those left to morn<\/span>
\nUntil you sea<\/span>
\nYour craft is rigged<\/span>
\nAnd waves bigger than you<\/span>
\nBid you<\/span>
\nYour sole to leave dry ground<\/span><\/p>\n

This poem is inspired by the John Shedd quote: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for”; as well as the proverb: \u201cSmooth seas do not make skillful sailors.\u201d\u00a0 Of course, there is a parallel narrative weaved within this pun-ridden poem.\u00a0 This parallel narrative speaks to the forces that keep us from setting sail on our dreams, reining us in on shore with seemingly better things to do.\u00a0 In the rough seas of life, may you not merely seek safe harbor, but take the opportunity to hone your sailing skills.\u00a0 The strange inevitability of life is that you won’t make it out alive; so, hopefully, at the end of your life you can pass attest to the thrilling aspects of life, not merely how you kept secure and comfortable til the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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