Recently, in our first cruise vacation this life, I was concerned about motion sickness because as a child I could not handle wild carnival rides. But I was surprised. I actually enjoyed the motion of the ship, even when the seas were rough. Like I had been there before -- in another ship on ancient seas. Have any others had a similar experience?
One With Sea
The sea.
. The waves.
. The ship.
I cling by soul,
by rig and rope.
I rise the swell to peak
and crash with pull and press
then fall to trough
jack standard deep
and heave from bow to stern.
Roll and pitch
to stress the deck,
its rack and roar,
creak in mast
and timber truss support..
Salt-wind soaked,
mainsail, mizzen
jib sheets full and taut
with tiller lashed to fast.
This fleet
I ride a voyage
high and trying.
See its triumphant end.
At sea as Soul I am in peace
and one with sea and wind.
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