Sophi k's "lighthouse" is a short poem about feeling lost inside your own head, and about the small hope that another person can bring. The speaker opens with an admission: their heart has gone missing among "the crashing waves of my mind." The sea here stands for overwhelming thoughts and emotions, and the heart seems to be tossed around with no way of finding its bearings.
The lighthouse is the speaker's own, and its bulb "has long gone out." That suggests they have been without guidance or inner light for a while. Then the mood turns. When "you" are around, a "distant glimmer" appears and grows brighter "as I open up." The poem suggests that the light comes back not all at once but gradually, and only as the speaker lets someone in. The tone is quiet, vulnerable and tentative, starting in fear and ending in a cautious, hopeful warmth.