Inspirational Quotes
“If the wind will not serve, take the oars” ~ Latin Proverb
When the gale turns deaf to the compass card,
And the sail hangs limp as a poet’s soul,
We do not wait for the whistling lard,
Nor pray to the breeze for a distant goal.
We ship the silk, and we grease the palms,
With oars carved out of our grandpas’ teeth,
Rowing through oceans of ticking calms,
And skies of velvet that yawn beneath.
The ocean turns to a marmalade sea,
While jellyfish hum an electric tune,
We row with a furious, frantic glee,
To park our barge on the silver moon.
For what is a zephyr but airborne gold?
And what is a tempest but ego’s draft?
We carry the tides in a chalice of old,
And steer with the madness of watercraft.
So spit in the face of the static air!
”If the wind will not serve, take the oars,”
The currents obey when the fools do dare.
”And muscle their way when the inner heart soars.”
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