I drove up to your house tonight
Saw the lights shining
Into the darkness like those
Of the lighthouse that guides
The sailors safely home
But this isn't my home
Even though within its walls
Is where I really feel safe
For that is where you are
My life- my heart - my soul
Like a ship adrift on the ocean
I can only watch
As my final vestige of salvation
Moves further from me
Taking with it all hope
With one last look behind
I drive slowly away
The rain starts to fall
Blurring my vision
Or is that just my tears
Copyright Pat Brogan 2003
Published by United Press Ltd in the anthology - 'Rhyme and Reasoning' - 2003