Lighthouse
I reach across ocean to beach,
Pitching beams over green waves
shriveled like wet paper.
Perched upon a granite pedestal,
I flash away stars,
shepherd seafarers, and
illuminate lovers kissing on the sand.
I revolve, scan tides
the waning moon controls,
Pierce mists settling to sleep
upon the water, which whispers
a nautical lullaby.
As the sea and sand and fish rest,
I am a swift sun: I sweep
the horizon, lonesome,
extinguishing the dark where
love breeds.
I stretch my limb of light,
but never far enough;
I fail to touch the dunes.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5, 8 |
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