Lighthouse

For most of my life I have had a fascination with the sea. In books I'd read of it the times of pirates and sea battles were most enjoyed. This poem is a story of a ship and her crew. It is told from the perspective of the ship who comes upon a lighthouse which disappears and appears again, hidden at times by the storm.

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Throw these waves into my side
strike them against my very hide
Curse me with thunder and lightening
booming, blooming and frightening

There so awfully lonely we meet
how lovely, so very sweet
as quiet and swift as a mouse
out from the storm a lighthouse

Carry me along these waters tipping
listen to sail so wildly flapping
rock me side to side, up and down
don’t dash me against the very ground

There so awfully lonely we meet
how lovely, so very sweet
as quiet and swift as a mouse
out from the storm a lighthouse

Off so swiftly along these waters
carry me safely won’t you mother?
Shiver my bones and crack my timbers
sail the way my heart remembers

There so awfully lonely we meet
how lovely, so very sweet
as quiet and swift as a mouse
out from the storm a lighthouse

Evil wind don’t rush me swooping in
oh brave souls have the courage of men
wash your fears off my tossing deck
don’t leave me to sink an ocean wreck

There so awfully lonely we meet
how lovely, so very sweet
as quiet and swift as a mouse
out from the storm a lighthouse

But storms heavy hand levels me
I turn and sink into the sea
and wash up onto sharpened rocks
far from the safety of the docks

There so awfully lonely we meet
how lovely, so very sweet
as quiet and swift as a mouse
out from the storm a lighthouse