You

Then Almitra spoke, saying, We would now ask of The Reader

Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, addressed the one who reads this:

As the sea calls after me, so might it call to you.

As I answer the call of the sea and cannot tarry, so might you some day.

You, too, sail within my dreams:

You, who also bear the seed of the knowledge of God;

You, who also yearn for more, for the land, for the sky, for each other and for the sea;

You, who say that my shadow has been a light upon your faces and yet yours also upon mine;

You, who know the deepest loves and the hottest fires of hate;

You, who know the pain of tenderness.

I bask in the completeness of you