View from a Lighthouse

                                          View from a Lighthouse

Dr Abe V Rotor

Cape Bojeador Lighthouse, Burgos, Ilocos

Norte, overlooking South China Sea.

Habagat comes in art and bloom

after a long sleep in the dark

nights of a long dry spell gloom -

slowly, life comes in a spark.

Through the window of a high rise,

poor is my sight, the wind's my song,

nature rises before its demise,

like gem where it lies unknown.

Seasons come and swiftly go

across the forest, over the reef;

through the veil of my window;

creation's wonder is but brief.

Abstract figures crowd my mind,

painting imagery anew,

and reliving old scenes behind;

of a world in passing review. ~