Only a Lighthouse
How black the seas in a pounding storm!
The lanterns were all blown out.
Only the lights within still burned
For crewmen strong and stout.
The flash from the clouds would scarce reveal
The main and the mizzen bare.
Only a jib on the foremast flew
To point her homeward fair.
The captain on the helm withstood
The gale and pelting spray.
“Only an act of God”, he thought
“Could spare us all today!”
His ship was a fine one, swift and sound,
But was failing against the waves.
Only the quarter of a harbor near
Would save this crew so brave.
The squall raised up a fearsome wave
To send them down to hell.
Only to give the captain view
Of a lighthouse o’er the rail.
That pulsing sentinel guided him
Through rocks and shallow shoal.
Only to bring them safely home,
A haggard twenty souls.
Only a Lighthouse
By: Dean Wood
7/19/2017
Quatrain
1st Place
Lighthouse Contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Copyright © Dean Wood | Year Posted 2017
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