Looming wooden tower of forever flame
Guards the rocky coast of tearing winds,
Eternal shadows loom under the cutting water,
Moving, seething, waiting.
Looming tower of hope for the lost,
The only solitary source of life from the land,
Sweeping the seas for human moments,
Glowing, burning, searching.
Looming tower of a silent flame,
The sea stretches to everywhere any way,
A voice, a beacon to the way,
Whispering, leading, promising.
Looming tower of masked calling,
The shifting sands bury a few shadows,
Unknowing sailor glamoured by the torch,
Close your eyes when you dock.
~Sudiksha Smriti (21BLA1030)
