Your smile a flash in a blinding darkness,

Your laugh a clap in a series of silences,

Your faintest touch enough of a beacon alone,

To guide a misguided soul on the right way home.

Feeling the ship lurch I turn starboard west,

Beating faster my heart glows in my chest,

Seeing hope for that this perilous quest,

Will finally be finished.

Sailing towards you now seasick and sore,

Lighting a lantern I could've swore,

Trying to get to you wasn't always a war,

I've ignored the rocks in an effort to climb ashore.

Thr light so bright I cannot see,

The decision to turn back now or risk getting drowned at sea,

The helm I grip and turn myself free,

Of the danger that could've broken my ship or my heart.

My ship spent eternities searching for you after realizing my mistake,

My last hope I put this message in parchment overboard to soothe my heartbreak,

I write this message to you in hope of forgiveness that your beauty and light,

Froze me in stillness that long ago night.