Saturday, January 27, 2007
Cold Murky Dark
Thinking long and hard, long and hard. What the hell am I doing here, this time and this place? Am I enjoying myself in this present state of affair? No.
Can I sustain myself if I try to extricate myself from this predicament? I don't think so.
There has got to be a way, a way somewhere, hidden by the overgrown weeds and fallen trees.
A knight without his stead, without a aim in sight, trudging along confused. No different from lost sheep away from the herd.
O Captain, my captain, where are you?
Walt Whitman
I.
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring.
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red!
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
II.
O captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up! For you the flag is flung, for you the bugle trills:
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths, for you the shores a-crowding:
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning.
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.
III.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won!
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead
Gavin
pondered @ 21:19
