In the poem Yang Mu uses the raging sea off Ilan to convey all the pain and sorrow he felt about this incident. He could not accept the authorities '" stupidity, arrogance and cruelty. "
該詩完成後，礙於當時的言論箝制無法發表，甚至後來在詩集《有人》（1986）的收輯中，也沒能通過出版檢查。