Halls of the Dark Muse

Compass Of My Heart

Where would I be
without you
to anchor me
into sanity.

I am flotsam
cast adrift
upon this
endless sea
lost to myself
disconnected
from the world
around me.

You are a rock
which I can
grip hold,
and feel the solidness
to become real
keeping me
from slipping
under.

The darkness
calls to me,
down into that
abyss
the maelstrom
with its gaping
mouth waiting
to swallow me
whole.

The chaos
surrounding
my soul,
you are the calm
which stills me
when the tempest
pulls me apart.

Holding me strong
a spark which
guides me always
into safe harbor
when the waves
crash against
my thoughts.

You navigate
me through
the awaiting
dangers
that would
devour me.