When it could roll

In the breakwater

And take the waves

Over its bow

Without going down

But I

Will not dream

Of my strength and youth

Of missed chances

And things that were

And were not

I will calculate

The low and high tides

And put once more

Into a treacherous sea

Full of the knowledge

Of my unaging captain

From Into Your Light, Ulrich Schaffer

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Into-Your-Light-Ulrich-Schaffer/dp/0851106269