A light that once showed the way in the darkness....

Selkirk Lighthouse at Port Ontario

Now dark in the gloomy clouds of day,

This trusted light once showed the way.

Asleep in the ages and next to the lake,

A beacon to all a safe haven to take.

Now its uses are left to the few,

Who venture to take a picture or two.

But mighty its pull to a time once known,

When leading the way from peril it shown.

Awake from your sleep those that rest in the sea,

You are not forgotten by the likes of me.

Let this lighthouse bear witness to your life now gone,

A lasting testament to the history of those you left forewarned.