Constructed in a year of inconsequential relevance,
A lighthouse stood over the turning tide.
Many a vessel had found respite in the glow of this beacon.
Through many years this tower stood strong.
The keeper, never of like name,
A position handed over in death.
Countless generations of watchful eyes relieved after duty.
All but an instant to this pillar,
This guiding light of prosperity.
I took over, 19 years from birth.
Training took a fragment of an hour.
Stood on guard, through a ceaseless haze,
First night on duty.
Tremors shook the beacon,
But it never lost its light.
A wave came to view,
Its size well beyond my comprehension.
The tower stood, as I was knocked upon the floor.
It never lost its light.
Sixteen years slipped by,
Not so much as a boat.
I admit, my head was starting to slip.
I hadn’t spoken in years.
I went in search of conversation and left my post.
In it’s place I discovered a barren wasteland of death and decay.
There was no life.
It was gone.
Without purpose or place, I marched on into the wasteland,
Until I came across a roaming beacon, shining out upon the horizon.
There I returned to my post,
With this guiding light of prosperity.
May 5, 2015
May 5, 2015 at 3:06 AM UTC
Constructed in a year of inconsequential relevance,
A lighthouse stood over the turning tide.
Many a vessel had found respite in the glow of this beacon.
Through many years this tower stood strong.
The keeper, never of like name,
A position handed over in death.
Countless generations of watchful eyes relieved after duty.
All but an instant to this pillar,
This guiding light of prosperity.
I took over, 19 years from birth.
Training took a fragment of an hour.
Stood on guard, through a ceaseless haze,
First night on duty.
Tremors shook the beacon,
But it never lost its light.
A wave came to view,
Its size well beyond my comprehension.
The tower stood, as I was knocked upon the floor.
It never lost its light.
Sixteen years slipped by,
Not so much as a boat.
I admit, my head was starting to slip.
I hadn’t spoken in years.
I went in search of conversation and left my post.
In it’s place I discovered a barren wasteland of death and decay.
There was no life.
It was gone.
Without purpose or place, I marched on into the wasteland,
Until I came across a roaming beacon, shining out upon the horizon.
There I returned to my post,
With this guiding light of prosperity.
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