Food for thought (Prepared after some serious reflection, to be sure).

People will climb onto
And get off
Your boat
All the time
That's flowing down
The winding course
Of the River of Life.

It will stay
On the harbours
For hardly
A few slivers of time
And then resume
Its arduous journey
Along the River of Life.

So why leave your heart
On the shore
With the people
Who didn't bother with au-revoirs?
Those who are most likely
Never going to
Come aboard once more?

Why attach yourself to
The passengers who left
In order to climb
Other, bigger, better boats,
Not wanting to stay
To help you
Repair yours?

Strengthen the grip
On your oars
If your boat overturns,
They'll only blame the boatman.

Recall the first day
Of your voyage
And your purpose
In carrying your heart along
To the place it could call home, at last,
Guided by the constant light
From the Lighthouse of the Creator.