The sun rolls down
The sea rushes on
Wind rustles in the rain
And the rain runs down the pane  
 
Drumming and humming
And lashing and splashing
And clinking and clanking
And moaning and groaning
And fumbling and tumbling
And hammering and hollering
And roaring and pouring
And hustling and bustling
And pattering and pounding
And blowing and throwing
And thinning and spinning
And stirring and shaking
And howling and growling
And thundering and sundering
And wrapping and slapping
And sowing and plowing
And swirling and twirling
…
 
Then, rainless and windless
And motionless and soundless
Yet deep into the lightless
winter night, a sleepless
Man is thinking of a friend...