The Lighthouse

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I thought I was a lighthouse 
Sending out my beam to warn a boat to flee
To be wary of the rocks that
destroyed 
ships
 
the rocks that would be washed with the waves of my tears
shed from the guilt of my supposed sin
over and over the waves roll 
grinding down the rocks
that would suddenly 
again 
be 
sharp 
 
i thought the boat saw
i thought it understood 
it could still love the lighthouse 
just 
avoid 
the 
rocks
 
I shone 
and 
I shone 
and the boat courted the lighthouse 
skirting around the 
rocks 
teasing and caressing the waves 
 
when suddenly the boat 
turned from the sea 
and leapt 
straight 
onto 
the rocks 
 
the lighthouse trembled 
the beam flickered 
what had i done wrong
how had i failed again 
 
the lighthouse threatened to collapse
too much weight to bear 
 
when through the waves 
rolling down my cheeks 
i realized he was the lighthouse 
all along 
 
and the rocks 
the rocks 
were never 
me 
 

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