I have a lot of respect for any man who can look at a woman as a strong individual, some one who can and some times will be alone and doesn't need a man to belong to... I think the ownership line got me the most, or the way you said that women are capable of sailing our own corse, it reminded me of a beautiful ship sailing away from all the other ones, being it's self. I dunno I guess I kinda imagined the crew's people as being her emotions, maybe I read too much into a line that didn't seem to have that much significance in the poem as far as being elaborated on, but it was what I took away from a wonderfully written and classy peice. A while back Synikill wrote a peice, "The soul of a black woman" That peice was like this, but it was a recipe more or less. Kinda reminded me of this peice. There is nothing more attractive and sensual than a man that knows a woman is her own person and can respect that. Well written, much respect. Peace