Kindness From Another

The wind swept fate upon her door As the ship broke against the rocks Her house, just off the beach’s crest Overlooked the sea and its docks With a sound of thunder, his fate met As stone broke through the ship’s wood Sheer devastation, his crew all lost He swam as best as he ever could Reaching the shore, looking to the sea Breathing deeply, cursing its demise The captain felt he could have done more As it sunk to the bottom before his eyes She peering from a dimly lit room Felt sorrow for those who suffered this eve Could see on his face, from a distance, even That the man on the shore started to grieve She went to him, with brandy and blanket Offering solace, maybe some hope on this night He just watched, he stood and stared As she wandered closer, as a beacon of light He turned from the wreckage, cast on the shore To see then a face, so soft with concern He felt generosity and again he felt hope As she, with a smile, relieved raging burn