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Uneasy Passage

Uneasy Passage

Uneasy passage.
Sails
unfurled.
Gentle
breeze.
Course
charted.
Journey
begins.
Confident
sense of
future.
Clear sailing.
For awhile,
clear sailing.
Warm sun
gentle sea.
Course
clear and
sound.
Tacking
along the
way.
Squall
on the
horizon.
Decisions
to be
made.
Gales
blowing,
sails straining.
Water churning.
Decisions
to be made.
Pressure
building.
Straining
confidence.
Decisions
falter.
Off course,
being driven
off course.
Sunny sky’s
calm waters
nowhere
to be seen,
things of
the past.
Mistakes
made.
Countless
tacking
errors.
Destination
now uncertain.
Waves cresting
water swamping.
Holding on.
Looking for
safe harbor.
Peering through
the fog,
the rain.
Journey
over.
Looking
down now.
Analyzing.
Analyzing
the whole.
Sadly
realizing
upon 
refection.
Was
not the
navigator 
I expected
I’d be.

 

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Jim "The Lad" ....

love the story and the way it builds! cool write JP!....................................Jim

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E.J. Waling

Thank you Jim, I appreciate your kind thoughts JP

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Being Me

Life is quite like the ocean and we are all captains of our own ships. Great writing x

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Marion

Wow...among your best in my opinion John. The life journey from.young fresh and optimistic to ambitious and confident to....life and it's zillion unexpected realities. Then... the backward glance with all its woes and regrets...stunning...pinned x

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E.J. Waling

Exactly MP, and only those of who’ve made the full journey can relate.

JP
 

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Gwendoline

Brilliant John. I think many will relate to that feeling of sailing off course, getting lost at sea. A great piece on the journey of life 

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E.J. Waling

Hi Gwen, 
lots of stormy seas ahead, finding safe passage the challenge for us all.
Thank you for your kindness.
JP

 

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