Tuskar Lighthouse

 Tuskar Lighthouse 

Tuskar Lighthouse shining bright

Flashing warning through the night

Built on rocks far out at sea

Through the night for company. 

When all the world is fast asleep

Snoring softly between clean sheets

When all the world is yours and mine

Til dawn arrives and behind you shines. 

Named ‘great rock’ by the Norse 

You help the sailors keep their course 

Away from reefs that sink the ships

Your name is blessed on sailors lips. 

Fourteen men in eighteen twelve 

Built the lighthouse, gave their lives 

So sailing ships could avoid the grave

That claimed one hundred boats before. 

Above a strong sea rising proud

Standing tall against the waves

And everything the storm can throw 

On winter nights when hope is low. 

But tonight lies still and the sea

Reflects an orange moon serenely. 

The beam that shines for twenty miles 

Lights up my room and helps me while

My peaceful vigil and count the hours 

Til I return the world I borrowed.