You hold the faded postcard tight
Edges worn to feathered white
Depot benches split and splintered
Rust eats through the bolts once entered
Postcard watches every train
Faded ink stands wind and rain
Keeper's lamp still cuts the night
Guiding ships and rails to light
You trace the scene with calloused thumb
Summer tourists winter numb
Timetable yellows on the wall
Chalk marks fade like gulls that call
Telegraph wire hums low and slow
Morse code taps a ghost you know
Suitcase wheels grind concrete cold
Stories stacked in bundles old
Postcard watches every train
Faded ink stands wind and rain
Keeper's lamp still cuts the night
Guiding ships and rails to light
Barometer drops the storm glass falls
You've read these signs on lighthouse walls
No train whistle cuts the gale
Just lantern light and canvas sail
Morning breaks on rusted track
Postcard corners curled and black
Keeper climbs the spiral stair
Fresnels catch the dawn's first glare
Postcard watches every train
Faded ink stands wind and rain
Keeper's lamp still cuts the night
Guiding ships and rails to light
Postcard watches every train
Faded ink stands wind and rain
Keeper's lamp still cuts the night
Guiding ships and rails to light
Salt air preserves what time won't keep
Light still burns while others sleep