A Walk Along the Shore

A little drink to calm the nerves; 
a little rest, it always serves. 
One needs to dream to be awake. 
Without a dream, my soul will break.
I took a walk along the shore
and wondered what it all was for. 
No answer came, but this I knew
that some secret was just in view. 
I'd felt the dawn in purple robes
forgot the crass fool's cant of globes
noticed the stars bow down their light
as the sun undid the night