Quiet Reflections

I stood alone on the lonely deck

Beneath the strings of coloured lights

As my ship cruised steadily on

I paced its deck on quiet nights.

I could sense the pulsing of its heart

I could feel its strength and might

I could feel its friendless weight

Moving surely with eyeless sight.

Cutting through the silent waters

Soft waves splashing on its side

This giant monster was really huge

It was long and tall and wide.

Yet there was a certain beauty

In eighteen thousand tons of steel

Gliding along without a care

So I relaxed so I could feel.

On these many moonless nights

Sometimes a star above as friend

I let my thoughts to wander

Reflections that never end.

Quietly, intensely, silently

I let myself be slowly drawn

To where I knew for sure

All dreams and fantasies are born.

They were all inside my mind,

All my feelings old and new

I often kept them all alone

And I often thought of you.