sailing close to the dream

if you sail close to the dream
you must expect a rough current
a tossing in the waves
and an unknown storm moving forward
there will be times of calm
and days when nothing moves
just the call of the gull and the sway of the sails
as the boat rises and falls
some days you get lost in the mist
not knowing when it will clear
not knowing when next you will navigate by the stars
and still
though the journey is full of unknowns
and your ship will oft slip off course
you can rest in the fact you have done what you can
the only thing worse
would be
never to venture off shore
and wonder what could have been born