At night On The High Seas

Some people when they get disillusioned, burdened by weight of responsibility try transforming their earlier relations into more carefree setting, offering friendship and care..I can tell you how meaningless they appear..just another form of selfishness..so a basic reminder..for all those who want to be close..still enjoying the distance..

At night, when the sea cradles me
And the pale star gleam
Lies down on its broad waves,
Then I free myself wholly
From all activities and all love
And stand silent and breathe purely,
Alone, alone cradled by the sea
That lies there, cold and silent, with a thousand lights.
Then I have to think of my friends
And my gaze sinks into their gazes
And I ask each one, silent, alone;
"Are you still mine"
Is my sorrow a sorrow to you, my death a death?
Do you feel from my love, my grief,
Just a breath, just an echo?
And the sea painfully gazes back,
And smiles: no.
And no greeting and no answer comes from anywhere.
- Hermann Hesse (My true German connection)