Thursday, September 29, 2022

Lighthouse





"Lighthouse"
There in the darkness
among an endless hazy fog
shines a source of guidance
from far off in the distant dark.

Even as the sky 
is shrouded from view
with all its stars 
hidden
behind a thick murk
a lighthouse stands
parting with its light
the heavy mist 
of fear and hinderance.

An infinite sense of resignation
seems to blanket
every breath we take
as the sways of the water
   pushes and pulls
us
away 
   from our beacon
of light
   as forward 
   becomes lost 
among the endless
misty black 
   of fog.

But there 
   in the darkness
the resilient beam of light
   we have followed 
   shows us the way forward
before again 
the sways of doubt 
   tips and leans
us 
more toward 
the haze 
above these murky waters
that extend forever 
in every direction.

And yet
there,
standing tall still
is our tower of light
shining
our source of guidance,
reminding us
   which way is forward,
   which way is right.
   Which way for us to go.
-Armando Torres

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