A lighthouse

POSTED IN contemporary poetry July 24, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lighthouse

A lighthouse stands alone
on a rocky promontory
flashes intermittently
a ribbon of radiance
in the inky blackness of the night

A ship frantic in the storm
searches for sanctuary
exposed like a hapless moth
drawn towards the light

Ignores the warning
“Not here … not here … not here”
but lured by a false God
is tossed ever nearer

“Be sure the light you have
is not your darkness”
Let not Neptune’s fury
dash all hope upon the rocks.

 

Amanda Edwards