I stand alone, this cold and frozen sea
Lies silent at my side, the stars hold sway,
The Earth, four thousand million miles away
Swims bathed in sun, forever floating free.
But here the blackness reigns eternally,
The stars, unblinking sentinels, do slay
All light, no single colour here can stray;
Cold darkness leaves bright day a memory.

Yet gazing at the sky, I seek not Earth,
Its feeble light has long since ceased to call
To me, when shining stars stand all about.
The past lies on that world, it has no worth: 
The past forever looks within, and all
Horizons of the future lie without .   

                                          1976