Barnegat Light…

Not just another light scanning the sea,

For the mariner to follow and really well see,

Pointing out shallow water, on their lee,

Both sailors and fishermen alike, of this century,

And the past, have followed her light to the home of the free…

Not just a tourist attraction, on federal land she sits, never a retraction,

Sits where she was in the first, and still in that same place,

Never from one way or the other, moved, not even a fraction…

Barnegat light, a part on NJ’s history, like that of her other lights,

She has seen some really big fights, wars, blights and many nights,

Storms, hurricanes, Nor’easter a many, this light has seen it all,

And still she stands against mother Natures ill will; never did she fall…

              © ed – 4/7/04