Pilot light
Five paces to coffee cup
hand light darts like moth wings
pulse of radar in hush of wingbeats
all a-shadow on night watch
alert for some fragile beacon
or sudden illumination
of cloud mountain
Night on the bridge: not a time for assumptions, nor a place for reflected light. The storm is silent and not so distant. Another look at the charts, for a course change is in order.
hand light darts like moth wings
pulse of radar in hush of wingbeats
all a-shadow on night watch
alert for some fragile beacon
or sudden illumination
of cloud mountain
Night on the bridge: not a time for assumptions, nor a place for reflected light. The storm is silent and not so distant. Another look at the charts, for a course change is in order.