The Keeper’s Light

An old lighthouse keeper
keeps lighting the lamp every night,
even though the lighthouse was decommissioned
years ago and no ships come anymore.

Then one foggy night,
far out on the water,
a light blinks back.

When I write songs — my instrumental pieces — I cue off of titles, vibes, and storylines. When I have at least two of those, I work quickly; a flood of creative flow, all at once. I’ve long worked from poetry excerpts. One line from a Pablo Neruda poem will become an entire song for…