The Lighthouse

It was rather small,
snug to the coastline,
This Lighthouse,
with a tiny window near the top
to view the skyline.

Not many ship's captains
nor boaters near.
Off the beaten path
It was
With only birds and animal critters roaming.

Traveling up above,
zooming along the highway,
high overhead,
Like an airplane
Cars, vehicles of all descript, whizzing by.

Look down. Look to the right.
See the magical, the imaginary fixture
in swirls of black and dull white ...
guarding its lone section
of earth against would-be attackers.

Birds - so generic
sunning themselves
on a slim section of beachfront property
smack dab in the middle ....
of a lake,
where people fish around its perimeter.

Cathy Orrick Luders

5.23.2007