The Lighthouse at the Edge of the Drifting Sea

By Richard J Chalmers

Collection of poems that describe the good and bad of the mind and how we drift between it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richard J Chalmers
• Release date: Jan 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370478194

Richard J Chalmers

Richard J Chalmers (born October 30 1987) is a Canadian author and poet who currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Richard’s literary works revolve around the themes of nature, life and death. This has lead to his work being sometimes more on the darker side of those themes. Currently his works are only available in ebook format.In 2016 Richard released two pieces of poetry. View through Haiku released April 17, 2016 and The Lighthouse at the edge of the drifting sea released June 6, 2016.In 2017 he hopes to release his first short story along with other works, follow him on Facebook for more details.

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The Lighthouse

Let me be your lighthouse

The beacon to bring you hope

The thing to guide you home

A place to feel safe

I will steer you away from rough waters

Help you see the silver lining

I will make you feel watched and protected

Secured in your comfort

Let you drift to where you wish

Allow you to make your own course

Allow you to make your own path

Steer straight to where you need to be

You might be drifting but I know you’re not far away

Count on the warm light

Count on someone being there

If you sail on by me

Be aware of the dangers

The rocks and low tides of life

I will watch the pieces of you

Crashed on the beaches

All that you had built

Laid to ruin by decisions of ignorance

It is us together that brings safety

It brings a comfort

It brings a future

I am the lighthouse

Let me be your beacon of hope

Command

Stop

Breathe

Think

Walk

Talk

Believe

Blindly

Follow

Command

Through the Eyes

A virgin's eyes see a pure world

A scorned soul doesn't care

A killer hunts and kills their prey

It's just instinct to run away

Time has passed, it doesn't matter

No one has anywhere to go

Drop a wish into the well

Enclosed in a tiny cell

Burning flesh, burning soul

Melting pot, melting coal

Dancing fire, dancing soul

Sacred sky, sacred pyre

False ego, false desire

Anointed one, appointed one

Wicked sinner, wicked liar

Soar up, soar down

Broken arrow, broken heart

Unfilled hope, unfilled faith

I have nothing to say

Nothing to do

Nothing to think

Empty ... As usual

Wait, hope, dream

I wish I could sleep

But if I could would I wake up?

Never escaping

I feel safe in my womb

Use the words

Use the hate

They've been misused

Taken out of context

Did you read between the lines?

See it from a different angle

A different light

Maybe from a higher sight

Third eyes are made to be grown

Cry salt water tears

Drowned in the pools of fears

Leveled and severed

My mind feels like leather

Worn with age

Was I ready for this stage?

Has Nothing Come from Something

Whatever was will never be

What comes from nothing, does not exist

What comes from me, does not exist

What comes from you, will always be

Always be

Me

Hope? Just a joke

Which is shared by billions

Laughing at me in its own way

Mortality means nothing to them

I'm laughing inside