Tuesday, August 19, 2008

endurance

sailor: sir! our men are growing restless, weak and mutinous...
captain: sail on! sail on! sail on and on!
sailor: sir! our food supplies are running low...
captain: sail on! sail on! sail on and on!
sailor: sir! what if we still do not find land ahead by dawn...
captain: sail on! sail on! sail on and on!
sailor: sir! what do we do when all hope is gone...
captain: sail on! sail on! sail on and on!

- adapted from a poetic tribute by Joaquin Miller to Columbus

2 comments:

ShiWei said...

Hey, maybe the captain is a voice recorder

Toh Yang Wee said...

nah...the captain is just being patient...if i was the captain...the next thing i shout will be "man overboard!!!"