Safe Passage

Great Spirit who is Mother and Father,
Breathe a quietude of humility.
Make polished this brass of being.
In reflection of a distant flash,
Rank and station vanish.
Entries of experience penetrate
Passages of difference.

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No circle leads.
No line encompasses.
There is no plot, no track, no absolute.
The unique compliment.
None can be replaced.
Only change is certain.

* * *

Restless sounds and spray
Lure master, crew, and sail to sea.
Awe and respect follow fortitude and humility,
One false bearing may steer to rocks.
Safe passage rests on trust and respect . . .
Trust and respect . . . of the master!