Do Not Go Down With The Ship

a siren song

Join me 
on the shore of a liberation 
we cannot yet see.

Do not go down 
with this sinking ship.

Staying the course
is a valid choice, 
but do not make it.

Choose instead 
to dream. 

Dream dreams
so vivid and wild
that those who remain on board
laugh at your naïveté and
find comfort in their laughter 
as they drown.

Let the echoes 
reverberate at the bottom of the sea. 

Who cares what amuses the dead?

Be the one with vision
who does not laugh
but boldly explores
in terror and discomfort. 

Be the one
who finds the shore that no one else could see.

Because it could only be seen 
by those who refused to
drown

so they had no choice

but to find the shore
they were audacious enough 
to dream.

From my unreleased book of poetry, Advice to a Burning Phoenix: Poetic Advice on Harnessing Chaos for Liberation

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