What is a metaphor like

 Illuminated words on screen
call out a voyage into the deep
Bags packed but baggage left behind
We see familiar faces waiting in line
Speaking of where this ship has taken us before

The ship is carved from trees
taken from highest mountains of thought
Held together with nails of truth
Forged from the fires of insight
These are the ships that are built to last

Barnacles adorn her bottom from bow to stern
From oceans traveled before
Her wood is sun aged
She has seen distant landscapes and treacherous natives
She weathered some ferocious storms
But no finer ship you will ever board

The anchor is lifted as the page is revealed
Lines pulled from the bowels of its sole
Reveal more lines and more lines after that
Lines Hoisting fabric woven from all five senses
Beautiful images fill the sails
And in every sense of the word you are moved

The course plotted years ago or recently Maybe not at all
Protected
We are just a witness to where it has been
Safely we will always return from this place
For the ship though it was all too real

No payment was required
Although the journey has left us richer for the experience
A Travelers log can be seen below as comments
All are strong ships themselves
They remind you through example
Your ship needs work
But,congratulations
you are on your way

Dedicated to all of the gemstone unearth from the deep underground