{"seoTitle":"Sail On — A Poem on the Mind, the Self, and Life's Crossings by Pemba Umoja","seoDescription":"The mind is the sailboat, the self the spectator on the dock. A contemplative poem about doing and witnessing, calm and tumult, as we sail through life. By Pemba Umoja.","keywords":"poem about the mind and self, sailing metaphor poem, contemplative poem, poem about observing life, Pemba Umoja poems","s1l1":"The mind is the sailboat","s1l2":"cascading upon the winds","s2l1":"but the self can see the sailor","s2l2":"from the dock.","s3l1":"A brusque wind","s3l2":"returns the self to the mind","s3l3":"to the boat","s3l4":"on the verge of capsizing.","s4l1":"A reflection upon the water","s4l2":"returns the mind to the self","s5l1":"to the spectator on the dock","s5l2":"watching the sailor","s6l1":"across the winds and waves","s7l1":"invisibly moving","s7l2":"from dock to boat","s7l3":"boat to dock,","s8l1":"We sail through life","s8l2":"over rivers and oceans","s8l3":"calm and tumultuous","s9l1":"doing, watching, thinking, observing","s10l1":"sharing the seas with others","s10l2":"and the docks"}