The lighthouse beams its beacon from the shore
to keep ships safe from crashing on the shoals.
Its lamp, a signal since most ancient times,
has saved the lives of countless storm-tossed souls.
When rugged rocks have formed a craggy coast,
when wind-swept waves have done their worst to thwart
the journey of seafarers coming home,
by light they've found sure passage into port.
I've never been a passenger at sail
whose life depended on a lamplight's beams.
I have, however, suffered through life's storms
and known the dark that douses hopes and dreams.
Just as I thought no one could hear my plea,
you, like the steadfast lighthouse, rescued me.
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Author Notes
Modern sonnets, while having the basic structure of a sonnet, do not necessarily adhere to all the traditional rules - while this one is in iambic pentameter, it only rhymes in the second and fourth lines of each quatrain. This is allowable by modern sonnet standards. I admire and love traditional sonnets - this just isn't one. :-)
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