by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

I am the Storm
Language: English 
Do I dare disturb the universe?
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
Let us go then, now you and I, when evening is spread across the sky;
"Till voices wake us and we start to drown.
Dare I disturb the universe? I can disturb the universe!
Can I? Will I? Do I?
...Hope..
I can! I will! I hope!
They whispered to her, "You cannot withstand the storm." She whispered back, "I am the storm."
Let us go then, you and I, when darkness is spread against the sky.
Dark is proof that light was there, light will come.

---Text adapted from anonymous sources, T.S. Eliot, and John A. Shedd

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