Safe Harbour

© bronls

 

Sail away self doubt

Leave this safe harbour

Set out for another rocky shore

Across a mountainous sea

 

I wave you a fond farewell

As you take with you

my fear of being seen

packed neatly inside

My old satchel

Beside my validation need

And a range of Insecurities

 

With my blessing

ego joins the voyage long

She plays the part of guide

For I have no further need for

her presence by my side

 

Now I stand barefoot

on the sand

I watch this harrowed crew

Each Vying for position

As the sailboat drifts away

Intently watched

Across an ocean of deepest blue

 

Slowly outward bound it glides

Until it’s lost from view

It finally, finally disappears

And at last, I see the ocean new

 

The waves are gone

Replaced now by a satin sheet of blue

And light reflected on the surface

An inky silver hue

Lifting my eyes

I see the moon

Suspended high above

In fullness, nature’s searchlight

Reflecting, only love

 

Bathed in light

My heart at peace

The shadow days are gone

I fall into a restful

dreamy sleep

My work for now, is done

 

In the Dawning light of morning

Moon’s opposite, the sun

In light reveals the shadows

Of days past

And all my

tomorrows to come

 

I lay in watch

And wait

Expecting fear to rise

Instead

A lightbulb moment

An epiphany

I realise

 

My sailboat went outward bound

Across the stormy seas

On board were

Self doubt, fear

Ego and validation need

These, my insecurities

 

The shadows then

Now bought to light

Are Deprived of fuel to glow

They have no room to dance

And without these fearful playmates

No longer rise nor glow

 

My open heart

My peaceful mind

With faith

I look across

A turtle breaks the

Surface of the ocean, soft

Just long enough

A sign, a reminder

A message

Our lessons are never lost

 

Patient now

I watch the waters

And with trust my charm

I feel my truth come in

On a tide of ocean,

calm