In Common Light

Love is an anchor, it
reels us in.
Love is an anchor, it 
keeps us afloat.
Love is an anchor
it keeps us above the darkness
it keeps us in the light.
I've been tempted by things
tempted by forces
with their bright lights, their common phrases
Come with me it says
allures me, it promises me something, glamorous and glorified
It takes a second but,
When I know it's not true
I anchor in. 
I don't want to get lost in your ocean 
Your ocean of strangeness, of lostness
Even with the glorified, the glamorous,
I don't want to outcast
I don't want to be above
I don't want to ridicule.
So to reel myself in
I remember the love. 
bring it up from my past, I bring with me my anchor
Pull it up from the ship and set it down solid
keeping me here
sturdy, solid
 in integrity.
The love from years past
was fused into me
engraved into my soul
ready to be brought up again.
I have this anchor because I know love
I have this anchor because I know love.
I wonder then,
can all of us anchor in? can all of us 
remember the love, keep ourselves grounded?
I suppose you can never anchor
if you never know love.