By anonymous
Date: 30 August 1998

ode

	Would that I were...
	Would that I were not.

	Would that all I saw...
	Was all I sought.
	
	Would that she had...
	Would that I had not.
	
	Would that her love 
	I had but caught.

	Would that I was...
	Would that I was not.

	Would that my destiny 
	I had but fought.

	Would that all was as I wished...
	An empty sea devoid of fish.

	she and I adrift.