Setting Sail

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals...than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean of one's being alone. - Thoreau

walking the lonely shore

waiting for the tide to wash

for the riptide to mosh

for the wind to fill torn sails

to get to life's core

trying to row

with just one oar

going in circles

looking for direction

ever in search of more

weighing anchor

wondering what this voyage is for

Author's Note

"Open all your pores and bathe in all the tides of nature, in all her streams and oceans, at all seasons." - Thoreau