When the Lighthouse Light Returns

When the light returns...
A lighthouse never takes you home
its beam circles,    then vanishes,
spins, returns,            and vanishes again;
reminding the               lost, stray, stranded 
that light beamed         out there can awaken 
the lamp readied for   your return 
moored to the pier    within your ribs,
with a heavy hauser   belayed to ride 
the surging pulse   of choppy seas 
prowling the wharf,  inside a safe harbour, 
behind the rocks of an old sea wall, 
where the tide ebbs and flows, in and out,
rocking the kerosene ship lantern,
swinging on a wooden ship's beam
waiting for the message in the bottle
to return to sender, assured.

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