Poetic Bloomings - Lighthouses

Lighthouses are beacons that offer a sense of security to wayward seafarers by giving direction and lighting the way. They steer you clear of the rocks and other hidden obstacles throughout your travels. Write a lighthouse poem. Or, think beyond a brick and mortar structure and write of a person who performs the task as your personal lighthouse.

                     Parenting

 

Did you know you are a lighthouse
standing near the shore
silently warning there be storms,
dangers, hidden shoals and reefs
as those you lovingly oversee
blithely navigate  placid seas.

And when thick fog comes rolling in

you blast a steady warning note
that guides them surely on their way
from peril to hearth and home.
Ever vigilant, you won’t rest,  
watching over till your last breath.
         

  A Different Lighthouse

 

There it stands
out in a field
beside the curvy road
incongruous midst
power lines and
grazing cows.
I wonder
whose hands
poised it there
to silently,
symbolically,
stand
witness to
God’s grace
and saving
power?