The captain stood with his first mate. His hands gripping the ship's rail, his body rigid as the ship dipped and rose with the ocean swell. The captain's gaze was locked onto the distant strip of blue sky caught between the horizon and the gray blanket of clouds overhead.

The captain's first mate stood along side, his stature slightly reduced, as if reflecting his diminished rank. After a long silence the captain inhaled deeply, his body stretching as if to speak words that were being forced from the inside out. But no sound was made. Instead he exhaled and his chin sank slightly, as if dragged down by the unspoken words sinking back into his soul.

"Captain?" His first mate responded, hoping to force the words out into the open for the benefit of them both.

The captain eyes narrowed, his gaze became ever more focused, his jaw clenched and released as he prepared to finally speak the words that he could not before.

The captain inhaled again, closed his eyes and uttered his words: "The cheese stands alone."

"Yes sir."

He flew his plane on toward the sun
A  thousand miles away
Propeller turns in empty space
Groaning under strain

Fabric skin stretched tight cross bones
He hurtles on like arcing stone
Approaching burning ball of flame
His windscreen shines a million rays

He left behind his broken race
His world of crashing waves
Behind him planets fall away
Before him better days

On and on he presses forth
His rudder locked on final course
Clutching tight to shaking stick
His will is steel
His gaze is fixed

He left behind his home and hearth
He left behind his planet earth
Behind him only pain and war
Behind him fades to nothing more

Forward on this burning man
Forward on his plane will land
Forward on to virgin shores
Forward his companion roars

We are defined as functions of Time

Mass
Velocity
Momentum

We are influenced by Forces
Internal and External
Strong and Weak

Inertia
Friction
Pressure

We are measured in Degrees
We are always in a Phase
We develop in Stages

Clarity
Focus
Hardness

Volume
Timing
Rhythm
Intensity
Amplitude

Potential
Resistance
Our tendency to Impede

Stress
Strain

Uncertainty
Reactivity

We are defined by Moments
We are defined within a Frame of Reference
We are defined Relative to each other

We Resonate
We Decay
We are Finite
We are Immeasurable
We are without Equal