[jenniferever]

I was dating a guy (well, there was a off periods) for 5 years. This relationship is over now, for good and for ever. It has been about 2 almost 3 months. I told my therapist that I was not going to be dating any time soon. However, there is this guy that I work with, and well, we are not "dating" just "hanging out". The problem I have with that is this---I don;t want to get attached to have my heart shreaded again. I hate this.

[Perna]

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

By John Masefield (1878-1967).
(English Poet Laureate, 1930-1967.)