Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Videos
Resources
Syllable Counter
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Quotes
Short Stories
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 3.16.90.150
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
"Sailing On" To live is to die but not before the ocean explored We are the captains of our own lives, set sail young ones to the great beyond Do not cast anchors in that which you know You should be filled with curiosity for waters untraversed The amorphous domain of liquid wonderment is limitless for years to come Though life and love are based on bow and stern Sometimes we have will have to dock if only to wonder, wishing more And then to go full throttle back on the open seas potential We still must heed cautiously those ships that pass in the night Even if they are but journeymen themselves, others will mean you harm Just remember they might loot your future dreams But they can never take experiences past So rely on those per chance to dream of better days ahead And for one dream taken build two more Because in fact mixed blessings are the fish not caught in the first casting "A Youth's Everything" A first trial's bust seeks open arms to omnipresent consolation Attempts conclude in unconditional surrender but for an every time pleasantness There breeds the encouragement to succumb to gravity And often goes down the child, to liken the second part success, a misdirection all the same Stay away I say, Stay away As for some neglect makes the heart grow fonder of you with absence Encourage only for trying to conquer ground on waddling toes, failure be put aside To refrain from being there, disappointment is a part of life In tripping and falling everyone must learn to walk Let them learn instead to sulk alone, autonomy will make them stronger And when they succeed on toddling feet soon there will be pride unlimited Vicarious joy for to the child who learned not to cry to you But to resurrect itself on its own bipedal terms, To leave alone, to love itself enough, to fight for gains other than your presence And someday the youngster eventually will do the same to teach the best ways Taught by the best in its eyes all because you allowed it to roam and face certain facts Existence whether good or bad must be fought for on its own
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required