i am dreaming of a harbor
layers of moonlight rush in
making the night translucent
the smooth-worn steps ascend to the sky
leading to a world in my dreams

i'm back home
bringing a lantern to my mother
the lantern melts a glacier
and a little girl tosses her head
to shake down a whole night of stars

the wet wind blows past
the shore's aging forehead
a shining future visits every window
father walks toward the skyline
outlined in the beams of the setting sun
he turns around
making a deep bow

the wave's crest brushes the decks and the sky
a star looks into the compass
for its own daytime position
no, i'm not a sailor
just a born landlubber
but i've hung my heart like an anchor
on a ship's gunwale

i want to go out to sea with my dreams