The water and its capricious nature can kill. Are there deadly creatures? Absolutely. Well, not everything can or will kill you. There are enough dangerous animals that you’re never completely safe.
Does the weather change rapidly and can it destroy ships? Of course it has and will continue to do so for as long as humans go out in boats. Do rogue waves sweep coastlines and pull people to their death every year? Do rip currents take people out to sea and drown them or kill them by exposure? Of course, some of these dangers can be mitigated by improving skills and knowledge.
Some cannot. What it comes down to is this. Do you allow fear to rule your life, or do you swim in the ocean, climb into a kayak or boat, fish at the beach, and generally live your life in the way you enjoy? There’s a particularly magical feeling of steering at night or finding a star that matches your chorus and following it. That’s what the second line of the poem means. The story continues here >>
