you just might

Lighthouse Hill by Edward Hopper

You just might be able

To design your perfect peace

It can check off everything on your checklist

No clouds, no rains, no sounds, no people, no streets, no noise

Nothing to disrupt or disturb.

You just might be able

To put yourself atop the tallest hill in the world

To observe the quiet all around you

To spot a disturbance miles away

And stay in control.

In your perfect peace–

It’s just you and the lighthouse.

You just might be able to live there peacefully forever

Though that lighthouse just might act of its own accord

A sign so painfully obvious

That you are here

Signaling out, beckoning

And you just might be noticed