Poem: Lighthouse

The winds blowing hard
Pressing against my ship
The rains coming down
Like bullets from the sky
I try

Try to steady my ship
The waters over taking it
I fight to stay afloat
Can’t see before me
I’m blind

The storm trying to
Overcome my will to
Survive, rocking me
Back and forth like a toy
Holding on

But off in the distance
I see something
A faint light, a far off light
I may be saved
The boat begins to sink

I garb a life jacket
And dive into the icy waters
The rain stings me
But I swim toward the light
I see a shoreline

I swim for what feels like an eternity
And finally see a grand light house
Calling me home, guiding me to safety, to a warm haven