Adventure

I went slowly through the wood of shadows, Thinking always I should meet some one: There was no one. I found a hollow Sweet to rest in all night long: I did not stay. I came out beyond the trees To the moaning sea. Over the sea swam a cloud the outline of a ship: What if that ship held my adventure Under its sails? Come quickly to me, come quickly, I am waiting. I am here on the sand; Sail close! I want to go over the waves . . . The sand holds me back. Oh adventure, if you belong to me, Don't blow away down the sky!