When I feel overwhelmed with destruction, Let me go down to the sea. Let me sit by the immeasurable ocean And watch the surf Beating in and and running out all day and all night. Let me sit by the sea And have the bitter sea winds Slap my cheeks with their cold, damp hands Until I am sensible again. Let me look at the night sky And let the stars tell me Of limitless horizons and unknown universes, Until I am grown calm and strong once more.