Sailor

He sat upon the rolling deck

Half a world away from home,

And smoked a Capstan cigarette

And watched the blue waves tipped with foam.

He had a mermaid on his arm,

An anchor on his breast,

And tattooed on his back he had

A blue bird in a nest.

I am God --

Without one friend,

Alone in my purity

World without end.

Below me young lovers

Tread the sweet ground --

But I am God --

I cannot come down.

Spring!

Life is love!

Love is life only!

Better to be human

Than God -- and lonely.