Passionate Souls - Lighthouse

Lighthouse (one man�s rescue)

shaken like a rag doll
     in life's black waves
adrift,
    on the great
grey ship
       of uncertainty-

his heart's
      become a stranger,
bound to the beat
of the pounding rain
   and the call
       of icy dreams
mark the lonely miles
wandered
on this unforgiving sea-

and his resolves
turn steely blue,
     as torrent waves
crash over head,
and a heavy fog
        shrouds him
   hanging like dread
    in his weary soul

while above,
the lacerated sky
     bleeds crimson tears-
for something he missed
       along the way

and when the sting
   of the sea-spray
     burned his eyes
more than he could bare
he squinted,
his narrowed vision
much like his hope
but before him
    was a faint light
        pushing her way
   through the enduring mists
and raging hailstorms,
and she sung her message
     through whispers
   within that subtle glow,

he steered his ship
straight to the port
    and her light
spilled over
drawing back the shade
and now each night
she holds him tight
within the long
     and loving embrace
of her warm harbor light.