Don’t ever lose what you came here for
Dreams lost between fingers
Float aimlessly so
Haunting you, taunting you
Forging the flow
Of what you cannot
And what you will sow
Like they know
Hah! Like they know
~
Don’t ever lose what you came here for
Thoughts and faint hearts
Will easily dissolve
Diluting, polluting
Your streams of resolve
Diverting your course
To bowers and bays
That lead you astray
Hah! Sail away
mishunderstood 
Sending good wishes for a wonderful year of peace, health and love in the New Year to come.
Eddie
Thank you, Eddie. That was so kind of you. Best wishes for the New Year.! 🙂
I think we are forever trapped between the wish to stay and the urge to leave.. the river pulls you on, and like a sapling’s root you’re clinging to the shore.
Oh yes, we have to continue to sail away, not be deterred. There is strength in this message. Good to remember that one should not lose what one came for!
Ah, playful. I can’t tell if it is challenging the reader to not be distracted, OR that distraction and changes, pollution and dilutions are inevitable and so, just “Sail Away”. OR, is it saying both.
I will go with BOTH! 🙂
I like your use of rhyme and how it seems to echo the urging of the poem to keep your focus. Cool use of form to emphasize subject.
ah – def. – never let go of your dreams… life becomes such a sad pond if we do
Don’t ever lose what you came here for – great advice and warning in this…and likewise, not sure why I haven’t hit the “follow” button on your blog either 🙂 (done!)
Good advice, nicely penned. Peace, Linda
Sail away, I love the positive message of your words ~ Never lose sight of your dreams 🙂
I grew up near a river – I enjoyed this metaphor
“diluting your streams of resolve”—love that and the repetition works so well with this poem and the intentionality of the reminder of it. Just beautiful 🙂
Love this, such a great message and the photograph is glorious! Beautiful!