Another Life

The siren shattered the silence of night This signalled someone in distress So out of bed I got and rapidly did dress I rode down to the shore line My comrades to meet The wind was blowing strong But out at sea a yachtsman Was in jeopardy Rapidly our boat was launched Down the ramp to splash into the sea The engine was roaring ,driving hard The water picked by the wind into foaming waves No time to consider the dangers that we faced As toward the yachtsman forward we raced. Our search light probing like a finger of light Tried to pierce the darkness of the night. Finally we saw the boat Its mast broken, hanging limply in the raging sea We called the yachtsman on the radio to tell of our intent To fire a rocket, rope attached which he should secure, We would then tow him from the rocks on the leeward shore The rocket fired and rope secured we towed the boat, To a harbour nearby, a tragedy averted, another grateful man. We returned more slowly to where all this began