Lighthouse (poem)
Lighthouse
A beacon of hope
When waters are rough
A call to danger ahead
A light so bright
When things get dark
Shows us where to tread
A remembrance
Of times gone by
Sparks lit in the heart
Glowing and showing
The way back home
Going back to start
A blinding shock
Shielded eyes
Way too strong for some
Retracting back
Into the dark
Hark the sounding hum
Of the point
That calls you home
Silent sometimes so
In the dim and dark
You see
Directs you where to go
Clears that
Black and haunted space
Shines light warm and true
Like a hearth
Burning bright
Calling into view
A place to cease
And rest your head
When waters surge to swell
A home, a lantern
Buried peace
Halts the hounds of hell
That snarl and nip
Around your feet
Begging you to plunge
Back to the deep
And dark recess
A protest not for some
Come out upon
Your trace rock point
And show those in the dark
There is hope
Straight up ahead
An ever fixed mark
Where the waters
Calm and quell
Ships find veiled cover
Protection lighting
The shore away
Cast’s glow where shadows hover
Lost hearts find
The way back home
By solemn blazing hues
Soulful calling
From the rocks
Jettied into view
You are safe
And sound right now
Enveloped in the light
Still your breath
Be true and clear
Rest
With
Me
For
The
Night
I wrote this one because I was thinking of how there are so much history and story attached to them.
They stand
Both in dark and in light
“Begging you to plunge
Back to the deep
And dark recess
A protest not for some”
Meaning it’s easy for some of us to slip into the darkness of whatever we might be feeling.
We go without a fight
No protest
Lighthouses
Are also beacons
In where
I liken them to people
You know those people who shine so bright and true in your life.
They emulate safety, truth, honesty
And goodness
They are like a warm voice
Ever calling out to you
And when they shine their light
Your soul can be at ease
Because you have
Found your way
Home
Big Love
