To My Granddaughter
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I look and ponder, watch you grow in haste
Explore with wonder, new experience taste
No fear encountered as you learn the ropes
Your sails adjusting, full with winds of hope.
But there are moments when the seeds of doubt
Without much warning spread and start to sprout
Then you need guidance, words which shed some light
Advice and promptings which once more excite.
I weigh my options when the waves rise high,
Stay in the background, tactful, on standby,
Not interfering, yet with cautious eye
Give needed help should threats intensify.
I am a lighthouse built on sound terrain
In times of darkness, you won’t call in vain.
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Placed 1st in Contest 540
Hosted by Brian Strand
in Jan 2019
Lighthouse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Eve Roper
Placed joint first
POTD on 24th Dec 2018
© 22nd December 2018
Note: This is a poem dear to me, as the title would suggest, so
receiving a POTD award undoubtedly brought added satisfaction.
Copyright © Paul Callus | Year Posted 2018
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