Am I imprisoned on this island? I have tried, I've tried to swim away Out to the buoy Ebony rose But the current is too strong I now drift daydreaming To when we were happy here on this beach We played with our children And they were happy too Tipping goes the cormorant I think she knows I'm a pathetic intruder Into the abyss And I have watched her too From the stony beach That was black in the last year Before the storm Elsewhere sometimes I can see beyond the lighthouse The uncharted cruise ship Anchored way off As though the last party on earth Continues to vast horizons Container ships Full of glass vials Daily life