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'The Lightkeeper'
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For ‘Taise’ at whose special request this poem was written in memory of her father and all the happy hours spent , visiting him with her sisters and brothers when he was the attendant at Rathlin East Lighthouse.
‘The Lightkeeper’ He is the keeper of the light, who saves, An answer to a sailor’s prayers His eyes attuned to stealing darkness, Whose footsteps echo in spiralling stairs Far out in the deepest dark The sentinel stands proud In vistas of timeless waiting A lonely escape from the pressing crowd Distant shores a sweet illusion, Watching ships sail slowly by Endless silent days that drift A lonely albatross that longs to fly By Mary Cecil

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Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on October 15, 2012

A wonderful tribute to those isolated people who bring light in the darkness to sailing ships and bring them safely to harbor. Unfortunately, a dying breed.

Ron

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