unknown land--By jani johe webster--(In Memory-May 2013)--United States

unknown land

there are waves
coming endlessly
against the coral reefs
being shelled
with mysteries
that only the sea can know

and the tall hopes
coming bravely
like daring seafarers
to an unknown land

that only you can know
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When the Tall Ships came to Lake Ontario when I was young, my mother and I walked down to watch the majestic vessel sailing proudly toward us. Later, she translated her experience of this vision into this poem, where the Tall Ships are symbolic of the tall hopes that move courageously through our lives, guiding us to a beautiful unknown part of ourselves. -- Nila J. Webster