Little Sable Point Lighthouse

For the weekend That Elise turned 28 She booked a motel room On the Michigan side of the lake With her boyfriend CJ A couple miles down the way From Little Sable Point Lighthouse They went swimming Drank beer & watched TV But on the second night CJ couldn't sleep So he snuck out with her keys & drove the Cherokee Out to see the lighthouse Staring up at the tower Watching the big light spin Hypnotized by the silver beam That cut right through the dim That's how Elise imagined him He was never seen again Years later In Michigan again For the second wedding Of an old school friend Elise & her husband Happen by Little Sable Point Lighthouse Just a ghost now Decommissioned some time before It had been the site Of endless imagined horror But with a calm that surprised her Elise parked the car & walked out to see the lighthouse Staring up at the tower That now stood dark Surrounded by the quiet Of Silver Lake State Park Elise squinted at the scene She remembered from her dreams