[it's exactly the kind of poetry he's going to unabashedly unleash when he's another glass of wine in]

Indeed. I have not ever actually been on the sea but I have stood watching it and I find that the awe of its vastness is very comparable to gazing up at the line of the mountains. It's better to have a healthy respect for what nature, in any sense, is capable of doing. At least it does so without remorse, or deliberation. It simply is, which can be terrifying but also wonderful.

[then again, his wife is a ballbuster so maybe loving the things you fear is just par for the course with him]