Pharos Beckons

By johannahefer

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Writing is my escape. -Johanna Hefer- Writing is the painting of the voice -Voltaire- To survive you must tel... More

A Mother's Love
My Petrichor
Lost Love
My Girl
Materfamilias
Warrior of the ocean
I am a brother
Florica
Before Christmas
Christmas in Our House
The love to live is all that mattered
Lover or heroine
To love or not to love
A Mother's Touch
Scurvy dog!
My Keeper
...7...
Qasidat Mara
Tempoen
Tri-dodeca
Janet
Oh brother!
What is love?
Nature, Teacher of Love

Pharos Beckons

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By johannahefer

Pharos Beckons

The fog came rolling over the restless sea
Waves wild and free
The deep roar of the torrent
A chorus of voices, horrid

In the distance a diaphone signals
An eclipse emits navigation, fickles
In the tower a keeper beckons
A definite call from the heavens

A bright light calls, beckons my safety
Approaching my anchorage bravely
Happiness is not my destination, but the start of my journey
My ship sailed from the dead wintry bleakness, weather so gloomy

My cries ripples and rolls into the misty light
I'm in pained despair, has he heard my alarmed SOS, my plight?
Thunder clouds clap their giant hands, I gasp for breath in the salty air
No more darkness, my beacon; strength, guidance and safe harbor commands, coheir

Nearing the rocks and reefs, the final dangers of my turbulent voyage
Oh, the feeling of triumph so joyous
My paper, my pharos, my escape
My euphoria I can't contain

An imaginary world of romantic fantasy I enter
I cross the threshold of the quixotic splendor
No longer lost in the turbulent ocean
But caught up in my day-dream emotions

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