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Sailors
call it tacking
sailing into stiff wind
by steering first one way
then diagonally another
We really only need
a breath
you see
to move us a step
closer toward home
and with a breath
our flat sails will
billow slightly
once again
The secret
of successful tacking
is not to think of home
Instead to focus on shore
where markers of those
who’ve gone this way
still glisten
The flow of this makes me think of the rocking of a boat at sea.
“We really only need a breath”…love this line. 🙂
Thank you, mish, for the nod . . . It’s a breath to keep me moving on toward home . . .
Loved the metaphor ..
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