I am a missing mana captain without a voyageI oppose wonder so old a hushand offer to fell all the winter’s timberdeclaring my need for iceand wind and pain
the first cherries off the treegather in the green waterI am resolved to understandmy old bodythe eyes that corrupt me yetand the way I serve my stomacheating a dinner of windfor an empty urn
The wind drownedand went to his grave.I miss his infinite talk at nightand his cup of good air.And where am I,a person of honor,to undertake the serviceof the sea?