SJLS

SITTING STATELY ON MAYPORT NAVAL BASE

THIS SIXTY-FOUR FOOT AEROMARINE LIGHT

WOULD HAVE PUT THE GERMAN SPIES IN THEIR PLACE

IN JUNE OF ’42 THAT FATEFUL NIGHT.

PERCHED UPON A MAN-MADE HILL WAY UP HIGH

REPLACED THE OLD LIGHTSHIP IN ‘54

ITS WHITE LIGHT WATCHES LIKE AN OBSERVANT EYE

SINCE BEEN AUTOMATED FOREVERMORE.

GUIDING SHIPS TWENTY-TWO MILES OUT AT SEA

THE CAPTAIN SEARCHES THE SHORE FOR THE BEAM

RESEMBLING THE LIGHT ON EGMONT KEY

MAKING IT EASY TO FIGHT THE HEADSTREAM.

REACHING TOWARDS THE HEAVENS LIKEA CANDLE

THE VERTICAL HELPS THE HORIZONTAL.