the dangers of sailing
away from the shores
to the places where the sea
is endless as a water planet
are forgetting the land
upon which you once lived
and the home that held your head
soft, safe in your sheltered bed
while there upon the distant ocean
you become lost and hoping to be found
a ragged traveller wishing to run aground
but stranded upon the windless waters
waiting upon the certain storm
that will see you tossed overboard and drowned