Confidence of a Continent

...with the slow massive confidence of a continent. ~ The Life of Pi

Why should my confidence
be as an island, an atoll,
a grain of sand, a nothingness
in a world of totality?
I've worth, value, a place...
I may have no power, no control
yet serve one who does,
one who, when acknowledged as my liege,
makes me massive, dominating,
having the slow massive confidence
of a continent.