paddle your own canoe

"voyage upon life's sea

to yourself be true

and whatever your lot may be

paddle your own canoe"

-sarah bolton

on the ocean

"and i shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high,

on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky.

and i will never grow so old again,

and i will walk and talk,

in gardens all wet with rain..."

-van morrison

"she loves the serene brutality of the ocean,

loves the electric power she felt with each breath

of wet, briny air"

- holly black