'KEEPER OF THE LIGHTHOUSE' by Brenda Almand Parsons: Part of SOON Online Magazine

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KEEPER OF THE LIGHTHOUSE

The time to say "Goodbye" has come. I know not how

To speak that foreign, brokenhearted word ...

When day-to-day, I uttered, "Welcome home," and now

Forever speak, "Goodbye," and must be ever heart.

The years have melted into nothing I discern

And, familiar though you were, a stranger now you be.

When did you change, my love, was't when my back was turned?

Or, is the stranger in the mirror only me?

Memories and dreams are all I have of you.

Like sand, they sift unmeasured through my empty hands.

Like stones, they weigh upon my heart, and not a few.

I pant, with labored breath, against that anchored band.

As morning follows night, I seek the sun's bright rays

To cancel out the darkness in my soul and, out

Beyond myself, I see a Lighthouse raised above

The raging storm where I am cruelly tossed about.

I lift my head and open salty eyes to seek

That beaming shaft of hope. Did I mistake the sight?

I tread the ocean's tears 'til I am gravely weak

With icy numbness. Pray I might survive the night.

Finally morning broke and, with an artist's brush,

The Keeper of the Lighthouse stroked the eastern sky.

I heard Him whisper comfort in the dawning's hush.

Earnestly, I listened to His wise advice.

He told me I must turn my eyes from yesterday

And build upon the strength He has instilled in me.

The stones that weighed me down, I now am standing on.

He has unlocked the doors and handed me the keys.

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Real stories of people who found true happiness.	VISITOR PAGE