I tend the beam on cliff edge grey
Salt crusts the glass where gulls don't stay
Seven winters since the supply boat
Maps show a door beneath the moat
Compass spins where foundations float
Stone breathes deep where no sun goes
Lantern light on ancient rows
Keeper walks where tide once rose
Salt beneath the mountain snows
Bus wheels stop at highway's end
Lens catches what the stone won't hide
I frame the peak where clouds descend
Staircase spirals deep inside
Negative shows what eyes denied
Stone breathes deep where no sun goes
Lantern light on ancient rows
Keeper walks where tide once rose
Salt beneath the mountain snows
Chisel bites the limestone wall
Frescoes wake from centuries' thrall
Whales carved by hands that knew the deep
Guard the stair where cold sleeps
Keeper makes a vow to keep
Stone breathes deep where no sun goes
Lantern light on ancient rows
Keeper walks where tide once rose
Salt beneath the mountain snows
Camera flash reveals the rise
Keeper sees through runner's eyes
Two lonely paths converge in stone
Neither walks this dark alone
Shutter clicks on pillar face
Keeper's hand leaves dust in place
We trade the light for heavy dark
Two flames burn from single spark
Grain holds what memory can't park
Stone breathes deep where no sun goes
Lantern light on ancient rows
Keeper walks where tide once rose
Salt beneath the mountain snows
Salt beneath the mountain snows
Salt beneath the mountain snows
Click. Develop. Salt remains.
Light holds where the mountain reigns.