A Poem Poem by Mignon Isaacs Bryant

Push my heart to clearer songs,
I need to find where I belong.
I'll rock the boat until it tips,
I'll swim 'til I find bigger ships.
My life right now's at open sea,
I don't know what is meant for me.
But if I shake all that I know,
I'm sure I'll find somewhere to go.

There are limits I have to push
To get out of the naked cush.
Soft is not all good, you see,
For when you're smothered, you can't breathe.
I'll swim until I reach the air,
No matter what the dangers there.
For, out at sea, how will I stand,
When all I've ever known is land?

My crew has always been my world.
I've spent my life completely curled
Around my defined misery.
When all this time, I could be free.
I guess I've always been afraid
That once I left, the ones who stayed
Would help each other to great heights.
But I will have to learn to fight.

I need to find something to do.
Something that's brave, something that's new.
I'm tired of being stuck on a boat
Of people who won't keep me afloat.
I need to go to find new shores,
With no ceiling, walls, or floors.
Nothing to keep me paying a fee,
When all I really want is free.

Push my heart to clearer songs,
I need to find where I belong.
I'll rock the boat until it tips,
I'll swim 'til I find bigger ships.
My life right now's at open sea,
I don't know what is meant for me.
But if I shake all that I know,
I'm sure I'll find somewhere to go.