3/31/11
We must not gaze at foreign shores,
Afraid of waves which rage between,
Forever longing to have more,
Of vistas which we've not yet seen.
Instead we plunge into the cold,
And risk the cross of unknown depths,
To cast off fear, to venture bold,
And brave beyond our scope and breadth.
If all our perils are survived,
If somehow we prevail intact,
When landing on the other side,
We'll catch our breaths and glancing back,
From where we've come, we'll realize,
The distance was not much at all.
And yet, where we now stand, we'll find,
New oceans and far shores that call.