The Wind Is Free

… We believe that we own the world,

that it belongs to us,

that we have it under our firm control.

The sailor knows all too well the fallacy of this view.

The sailor sits by his tiller, waiting and watching.

He knows he isn’t sovereign of the earth and sky,

any more than the fish in the sea or the birds in the air.

He responds to the subtle shiftings of the wind,

the imperceptible ebbings of the tide.

He changes course.

He trims his sheets.

He sails.

by Richard Bode

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