The poem discusses themes of loneliness, loss, love, and the human experience. It references leaving behind mistakes and seas to travel to Troy. While there is guilt for what has been, there is also hope that through learning from mistakes one can better understand love. Nobody else has lost or dreamed of love like "us", or watched the star of solitude brighten their hands in silent hope. The poem questions why these experiences were necessary, but also that they will allow one to love the land they arrive at more deeply. In the end, life and experiences continue after death, but the race must go on.