At first light, you looked so fragile

Felt that if I moved I'd break you

Something solid forming in the air around you

Lifts me off the ground, without a sound

Swallow me whole, body and soul

Lift me up and strip me naked

Take my mouth and take my eyes

Leave me where there are no shadows

Under starless, cloudless skies

And you say, there are no signposts in the sea

Lying empty, shell-like

In a storm that seems to pass round me

I can see the shadows of the men that passed here

Watch them take a stand

Take me hand

Swallow me whole

Body and soul

And you say, I am the captain of your ship

But you say, there are no signposts in the sea