A nameless man will begin By naming himself A self-baptized orphan seeking meaning In a both dreaded and desired sea Seek not to extract meaning but to project For all meaning is but a projection of the orphaned self Onto a world of white void The journey must be taken Futile and disastrous as its end may be For the futility will be painted with the bounteous colors of meaning And the disaster shall be masked by the sublime sea Seek not to extract meaning but to project For all meaning is but a projection of the orphaned self Onto a world of white void It shall subsist only until your role has ended, oh drifting orphan Then all will collapse And the great shroud of the sea will roll on As it rolled five thousand years ago