My Life

My Life

It is sunrise

I stand at the wheel

The silver disk rises from the sea

The chains on Phaeton's chariot clang

I will have known

I will have understood

I will have helped

I will have been helped

It is sunset

I stand at the rail

The orange disk drops into the sea

The rattle of the chariot recedes

Who has helped me

What more do I understand

Where am I

Whom have I helped

I go below

Plot my course

This is my life