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On a raft dark and abandoned

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On a raft dark and abandoned
I chart my solitary course
Unaware of journey's intent
Feel the currents exude their force

I let the winds drive me forward
Navigation a faint rumour
The stars gaze on without the words
My rudder carves its own harbor

The map is etched on my own wave
Endless sighting for destiny
The motivation I still crave
Lift high the sails that enshroud me
"Below the surface stream, shallow and light,
Of what we say and feel --- below the stream,
As light, of what we think we feel, there flows
With noiseless current, strong, obscure and deep,
The central stream of what we feel indeed."
_Matthew Arnold
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