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Peering Over The Shoulder Of Admiral Piri​-​Reis

from (2007) If Up Were Along 2 by Hiram

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Alter, alter; mustn’t alter,
My course is still sound.
Falter, falter; mustn’t falter,
Lest I run aground.
Big bear & small bear; making aware a circle has points.
Nowhere or elsewhere, everywhere is somewhere,
Shall not disappoint.

Stand down Mr Christian, we’ll have no mutiny here!
My hands on my helm, strong breeze in my sail.

The rationale is clear; it says use your mind.
Your own path you will steer,
A wake and a line
Awake and alive

At work and in line...

Reflect opinion, do not think or try,
Argue that stories have only one side.
Nothing is wrong here and we are all right.
See what surrounds us and brave in the light.

I sat there reading of things that amazed, of thing that explained,
So I sat there thinking “could all this be true?”
The knowledge is ancient – that it was taught not inspired,
“Is all of this true?”
Two sides to each story at odds with each other,
Then up sprang another – three sides, it would seem.
Like all great voyages, dangers abound,
But unexplored land leaves treasures unfound.
Bountiful riches, strange fruits and wine,
Eye the horizon and cast off your line...

(The things I must do are the things I must do).

So what must I do? The things I must do are the things I must do… and if I must do, then this too must do.

Gather my moorings, awake and alive
Cast off and set sail, a wake and a line
And if don’t reach there,
Then this here must do...

[ROW!]

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from (2007) If Up Were Along 2, released January 1, 2007

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