The lighthouse
Left to the tide

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There's a lighthouse on the edge of a cliff
The storm came through
The waves hit hard
Visibility dropped
Everyone started shouting directions
Even the ones who don't know how to swim

Still, the light house stood
A candle in the dark
As she drowned
Lost, overwhelmed, confused
She saw it's light
Steady, unwavering, true

In that moment she
Pretended not to see it
Turned her face away from the light
As if forgetting would protect her
From what it meant

But the light kept shining
Unmoved by denial
Unafraid of silence

And even as the tide pulled her deeper
Even as voices told her
"Forget the lighthouse. It's just a trick of memory,"
She knew the truth

It was never the storm that scared her
It was what waited at the shore
Unchanged
Uncompromised
Still there