We eavesdrop near the shore.
Each flash a starlight pinprick.
Every occultation a gap between heartbeats.
Those little blinking houses ;
So far away,
And so far apart.
Talking by signing,
And calling out in sound too.
For they cannot see.

Talking by singing
Their vocabulary is small
I can name each light with a song
Or write one song for all
Two words
‘Off’ and ‘On’
So it should be a short and simple task
Our song
But we do not find it so.