Lights blink.
Time for each comes to an end.
Glows brighten.
Then to knees we bend.
Some in death,
Some in prayer.
Each life the same,
Yet each life so rare.
The filament,
Once new and bright.
Broken now,
Lost is its light.
Lens grew dim,
Glow from within lost.
Shaded coating covers the eyes,
Thoughts and deeds paid with cost.
Once_a steady glow,
A lighthouse beaconing.
Now a crumbling shell,
Each day a weakening.
Lights dim,
Covered in fog of night.
Once newborn lit.
Now soul in flight.

A child grows to become an adult.
Along the way things are done and things happen.

James M. Garrett has lived in Benicia his entire life. He is the author of “One Great Season 9-0!,” “Benicia and Letters of Love,” “The Mansion Stories,” and the compiler of “The Golden Era,” a history of Benicia High School football from the 1948 through 1960 seasons. Contact him at Jgstoriesnpoetry@aol.com.

Do you have insightful, topical or just all around creative poetry that you’d like to share with the Benicia community? Submit your poems to beniciaherald@gmail.com, and they may be published in Friday’s Poetry Corner and possibly online at BeniciaHeraldOnline.com. All ages are welcome to contribute. You do not need to be a resident of Benicia to submit your poem.

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