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I trimmed the wick on stormy nights
I watched the sea through frosted lights
My lamp is gone, the tower dark
But still I keep a watchful spark
[Pre-
The wind now sings through canyon walls
No foghorn sounds, no ocean calls
A calico sits on the edge
Where sun and shadow stretch and pledge
She guards the mesa, golden light
Her fur a map of day and night
No storm can shake her steady gaze
She keeps the dark in amber haze
I know the language of the beam
Now dust devils dance in the stream
The cat yawns wide, a silent roar
Then pads away across the floor
[Pre-
The wind now sings through canyon walls
No foghorn sounds, no ocean calls
A calico sits on the edge
Where sun and shadow stretch and pledge
She guards the mesa, golden light
Her fur a map of day and night
No storm can shake her steady gaze
She keeps the dark in amber haze
The keeper's log is salt and sand
No ship to guide, no distant land
But every dawn she climbs the rock
To meet the sun and shock the clock
No lantern room, no spiral stair
Just open sky and desert air
Her purr a motor, low and deep
A lullaby the canyons keep
She guards the mesa, golden light
Her fur a map of day and night
No storm can shake her steady gaze
She keeps the dark in amber haze
Now I sit on the porch at noon
And watch the cat beneath the moon
She blinks once slow, a keeper's sign
That all is well on dusty line
She guards the mesa, golden light
Her fur a map of day and night
No storm can shake her steady gaze
She keeps the dark in amber haze
Calico on the mesa stone
The light lives on, the watch goes on
