The Cormorant

Am I imprisoned on this island? I have tried, I have tried to swim away Out to the buoy Ebony rose But the current's too strong I now drift, daydreaming To when we were happy here, on this beach We played with our children, 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 stoney beach, mmm That was black in the last year before this snow 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