something reaching out to you
                                               direct
from birdsong
                      from the warmth
of two people together
                                    for an instant
different from any other -
to wait perhaps a life
                                    for as much - 
lighthouse puts out its signals
to no ships
                 but sings
a voice of life
                     how small it may seem
in the dark

Richard Cadell from Fantasia in the English Choral Tradition