I <br />I am the undertow <br />Washing tides of power <br />Battering the pillars <br />Under your things of high law. <br /> <br /> II <br />I am a sleepless <br />Slowfaring eater, <br />Maker of rust and rot <br />In your bastioned fastenings, <br />Caissons deep. <br /> <br /> III <br />I am the Law <br />Older than you <br />And your builders proud. <br /> <br />I am deaf <br />In all days <br />Whether you <br />Say "Yes" or "No". <br /> <br />I am the crumbler: <br /> To-morrow.<br /><br />Carl Sandburg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/under/
