BECAUSE LIFE NEEDS AN ANCHOR

BECAUSE LIFE NEEDS AN ANCHOR

Because life needs an anchor

This promise I'll make

To stand right beside you

Should your world start to shake.

I promise to be there

When strong billows roll,

To hold you so gently 

When life takes it's toll.

Because life needs an anchor

That anchor I'll be 

I'll hold tight to your hand

As you're tossed on the sea.

I promise to listen

And hear of your pain

As the anchor rope tightens

And then starts to strain.

Because life needs an anchor

When winds start to moan,

I promise you comfort 

As we listen to it groan.

I promise you victory 

As you hold on to my hand

Because life needs an anchor,

Buried deep in the sand.

Because life needs an anchor

Should your boat begin to drift

I promise you safe harbour

When the sands of life shift.

I will light the stars for you

In a black and velvet sky

I promise you a safe journey

As the days of life go by.

Because life needs an anchor

A chart and compass too

Together let's take the journey

And view the horizon new.

Hear the lapping of the water

As the tides of life rise and fall

View the soaring of the sea birds

And hear their plaintive call.

Because life needs an anchor

Let's journey on together

With the salt sea mist on our faces

In fair and squally weather.

Three things to hold on to 

Are love, hope and trust

Because life needs an anchor

Onward, together we must.

Because life needs an anchor

And a harbour in which to rest

I will be the harbour you return to

When life has put you to the test.

I'll ease the fears that beset you

Set you straight and stand you tall,

I will be the anchor of your life,

When your back's against the wall.

Because life needs an anchor.

© Linda J. Vaughan

February 14th. 2012

written for someone very special.