After This There Be Dragons

I ache
as I watch you walk away
yearning to sail
into uncharted territory.
Am I Columbus
ready to conquer
new continents,
or just another dreamer
afraid of the voyage?
I'm poised
on the edge of the world.
One step,
and maps will be redrawn,
time
altered.
One step:
"After this, there be dragons."

Liz Benneian
Copyrighted
"After this, there be dragons" was what cartographers used to write on maps at the edges of the explored oceans.

 

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