Magnetic locks seal tight the door
Fuel residue coats the floor
Hull plates sleep in ordered rows
Navigation arrays repose
Docking clamps await the sign
I mark the boundary line
I am the eye that never blinks
No salt spray here no rolling tide
Guiding metal through the links
Just starlight on the hull outside
Steady pulse in alloy veins
Dock light holds the docking lanes
Clamps release their hydraulic bite
Ships depart on silent flight
Cargo manifests glow and fade
In the bay that I have made
Manifest logs scroll and clear
I persist while ships disappear
Captain's chair sits empty now
Forehead creased from a weary brow
Logbook entries cease to scroll
I remain the constant pole
Quartermaster's ghost walks the deck
I shine on every bruised neck
I am the eye that never blinks
No salt spray here no rolling tide
Guiding metal through the links
Just starlight on the hull outside
Steady pulse in alloy veins
Dock light holds the docking lanes
Fifty years on rocky shore
Now I serve a different core
Same steady beam same patient wait
Different dark same faithful state
No foghorn here no crashing wave
Only silence I must save
New recruits will trace my beam
Learning corners of the scheme
Old hands nod at my steady glow
The only constant they will know
Shift change logs record my name
Dock light stays the burning same
I am the eye that never blinks
No salt spray here no rolling tide
Guiding metal through the links
Just starlight on the hull outside
Steady pulse in alloy veins
Dock light holds the docking lanes
I am the eye that never blinks
Guiding metal through the links
Steady beam in vacuum deep
Dock light keeps its silent keep
