Charted Journey

sails fully set anchor revved high and rudder set yet there is no wind and no current with the moon an innocent bystander watching a deceptive calm waiting to rage a dolphin encourages tranquility but a mermaid surfaces and bids her farewell safe voyage she mocks calls upon sea shells to propel an ancient message too often ignored which only the hobgoblin understand the full extent of with longing and despair the traveler throws a small pebble into the ocean ripples appear for a few moments until a fog horn appeals for more movement as the sea can be precarious when waves and tides’ danger appear only to be on the inside