"Solitude (by Kathleen Haaversen)" genre: Poetry
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	Kathleen Haaversen's contribution to THE SHIP THAT LIES AT THE BOTTOM, presented April, 2001 aboard the lightship Frying Pan. She also sung in the accompanying concert. See her own page at www.mp3.com/haaversen. Read by the author.
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	Lyrics I wasn't meant for this. I wasn't meant to lie here, alone, in this deep water, Forgotten I can hear the sounds of other boats, other men As they travel through my grave Bringing with them my memories, Those sounds I heard and felt every day The happy cries The angry words and grunts of effort As my men worked. Was there a storm? A collision? What happened to me? How did I wake here, alone, cold, No one yet living with me? Where did my family of men go? Why have they left me here? I am cold, so cold I hear the sea lap upon the shore Marking time for me A steady pulse They built me to guide them, To shine an answering light up To those shining brightly from above. I can still see the one I call My constant brother He guides men to their fates I guided them home To the cries from the shore The welcoming arms The rest of home. Now I am here, in this half-death I want to struggle, to rise again I hear my old bones groan in answer To the sea's movement It's so still now The men have passed Just the sounds of the sea And my memories Echoing within me As I lie here Forgotten

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