Sail On

The mind is the sailboat

cascading upon the winds

but the self can see the sailor

from the dock.

A brusque wind

returns the self to the mind

to the boat

on the verge of capsizing.

A reflection upon the water

returns the mind to the self

to the spectator on the dock

watching the sailor

across the winds and waves

invisibly moving

from dock to boat

boat to dock,

We sail through life

over rivers and oceans

calm and tumultuous

doing, watching, thinking, observing

sharing the seas with others

and the docks