Smooth sailing on an azure lake, tides and time waiting for no one reason to change the course we manipulate. We are the captains of logic, charting the stars for the safe route home. But as the swell begins to toss your weary hull, an instance comes to fore that all that seems tranquil, is now turbulent and unrelenting, preventing you from the completion of your journey. In your thinking you order the lifeboats, not giving up the ship, and not going down with out a fight, tonight and every night. You stand determined, hand on the rudder and tacking a hard starboard course angling directly into the storm that batters your horizon. Catching your sail, it turns you to your heart’s safe harbor, a lifeline tethered and strong, sailing right along to the sanctuary of your soul.
rolling and churning
turbulent waters seek peace
adrift in the storm
© Walter J. Wojtanik – 2016
dVerse Poets Pub – Haibun Monday: Winds of Change
THROUGH THE EYES OF A POET'S HEART 
Perfect metaphors, Walt.
I am humbled, Marilyn. Thank you!
Ah, yes, those storms…great haibun.
Thanks Sarah!
A veritable yacht of collected wisdom to accept change and full speed ahead.
Aye, aye Matey! Words seem to roll like waves lately, thanks for noticing, Brian.
Sometimes through the storms instead of around is the best route. Loved your beautiful and wise haibun, Walter.
Thank you so much, Gayle.
I like the turn of the storm’s turbulence to safe harbor and peace. A great metaphor of strength in navigating through the storms in our life.
We can all take something from that lesson, Grace. Thank you!
Oh, wow. I love this: “We are the captains of logic.” Super rad, dude.
Happy to render such joy. And I’m a little long in the tooth to be considered a Dude, Dude! 😉
The ship is a perfect metaphor for life’s struggles.
Story of mine. Sailing along with a broken bilge pump! Thanks, Sara!
Oh that ship with its turbulent movements – what a wonderful metaphor for changes in life, and those times we reach a harbour
That seems to be the consensus, Bjorn. There’s always a harbor, warm and embracing!
‘Catching your sail, it turns you to your heart’s safe harbor, a lifeline tethered and strong, sailing right along to the sanctuary of your soul’
This is soo beautiful! Tugs straight at your heart 😀
Lots of love,
Sanaa
This old heart tugger, thanks you, Sanaa!
I’ve never sailed but I love messing about in boats. A great extended metaphor, Walt. My favourite line: ‘Catching your sail, it turns you to your heart’s safe harbor, a lifeline tethered and strong, sailing right along to the sanctuary of your soul.’
A favorite of mine as well, Kim! Sailing seems to be a subject I visit occasionally though I’m not a sailor!
Beautiful use of metaphor!! I read this three times out of pure enjoyment! Especially fitting sitting here, looking out a low tide in Provincetown, grey skies, some fog, and rain slowly dripping, spattering on our deck.
What a wonderful vignette you describe, Lillian! There’s poetry in there in abundance! Thank you!
Powerful, effective metaphor…well, I just noticed that everyone else said that, too! Enjoyed.
I guess it bears repeating, Victoria! But I’m happy you enjoyed it!
This is wonderful, Walt. Been riding some storms lately and this is the reminder I needed that safe harbors are never far away…sometimes as close as our own heart.
You flatter me, Mish. Never let a safe harbor get any further than that!
Beautiful, Walt, with a lovely haiku that sails onward.
Ever onward, Crystal! Thank you!
I too like the metaphor used in this piece. Well done.
Thanks Arcadia!
We cannot control the waves; we can only adjust the sails.
Really enjoyed the way you captured this truth here.
And I agree wholeheartedly.