Journey across the seven seas

Like jewels, land sparkles

While the ocean deeply breathes

With the infinite sky stretched overhead

Free of boundaries and finite ends

Few have said

How directionless the world can be

Without chaining freedom--

For safety's sake, a needed fee.

To life, each moment and choice

A smile, a squint

A half-forgotten voice

Propels time and ourselves

Forward, the world otherwise

Stagnant and too sure

Of the future's linear path

With too many unseen strings attached

Leads to self-imposed wrath.

One day, the sun will pick you up

Give control, open your eyes

Your heart, you can now trust

Even so, you're terrified you'll fall

Without chains wrapping you

In safety, modesty and all

But remember, within your heart

A worn compass will guide

And do its part

And fly you to your long-lost dreams

No matter how far

The light may have seemed.