Turning Point

It was only a lighthouse at evening
on a shore lined with cottages small
But its glow so illumined my spirit
As no other I've ever recalled

There are times when the evening is falling
and the weight of the world closes in.
But it's then as the darkness has gathered
that I see the old lighthouse again

As the years seem to flow ever faster
Like the outgoing waves of the tide.
One harbor of hope I still cling to
A beacon of light deep inside

It was only a lighthouse of evening
On a share lined with cottages small.
But mylife from that moment of being
Has never let go of it's call..


by Rod Nichols


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