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Lighting the Path

there
it
stood 
tall
majestic
solemn
facing outward
piercing the night
scrutinizing the horizon
looking out
for stragglers
lost desperate souls
drifting at sea
to guide them home



AP" 2nd place 2020
Submitted on December 21, 2018 for contest LIGHTHOUSE sponsored by EVE ROPER

Copyright © Line Gauthier | Year Posted 2018

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Winged Warrior Date: 12/24/2018 9:40:00 AM You are a lighthouse my friend...keep the light on...lovely verse...have a wonderful holiday season Line...love & light...^WW^ Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 12/24/2018 11:08:00 AM Thank you so much for your lovely compliment, WW. We do have many lighthouses here on PS. We do recognize each other, don't we. Very best wishes to you for the holiday season. Merry Christmas!

Alycia Wheatley Date: 12/22/2018 10:32:00 AM Well penned my friend. :) Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 12/22/2018 6:08:00 PM Thank you so much, Alycia. Much appreciated.

Anisha Dutta Date: 12/21/2018 11:31:00 PM Short composition touched my heart. Allthe best Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 12/22/2018 6:17:00 PM Thanks for your visit mad comment, Anisha.

M. L. Kiser Date: 12/21/2018 3:13:00 PM I can feel its tension...that lighthouse is one vigilant sentinel. Good luck in the contest. Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 12/21/2018 5:41:00 PM Thanks for your most appreciated visit and comment, ML.

Caren Krutsinger Date: 12/21/2018 3:09:00 PM Nice work, Line, I knew exactly what you were speaking of with the first few words, and I like poetry like this that paves a way for my imagination. Login to Reply Line Gauthier Date: 12/21/2018 5:41:00 PM Thanks for your much appreciated visit and comment, Caren.