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Lighthouse
Four times I have been here
And four times I have been home
Underneath, where one world ends
And another opens
Here, where a lighthouse rises above the Atlantic
And divulges the Ocean’s secret
And cuts into the sky, the silhouette of a black obelisk
Where a thin strip of land shears apart a burning sky
It looks like these Keys are still being forged
From a cold blue ocean
That is warmer than the firey air
The setting sun lights the clouds ablaze
But this obelisk protects a storm
From that prying eye
And the water fights off the light
Reflecting it back towards the scarlet sky
There is no need for light down there
Where the warm blue haze consumes all
Where the ether births life
Life that makes its own light
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I wrote this piece about my experiences scuba diving off of Islamorada. I have never felt as happy as I did down there, on the boat and underwater. To me, that place is my home.