Gary and the Lighthouse (part 9/9)



(Continued from 8/9)

The wicked witch feel hard,
her body become emotionless
by falling from the very high of
the lighthouse-
Gary observed
silently from the abyss.

Thus Gary remembered
all those fables from his
grandmother,
as the stories of his
entire life
passes by his eyes.

When he realized that
the wicked witch is no more,
he slowly climb down
the stairs,
and thanked
wholeheartedly,
the old lighthouse-
that saved him too
along with many many
other souls
throughout the century.

To Gary,
the old lighthouse
remains as the symbol of
courage, strength and
inspiration-
as he became old,
he used to tell these stories
to his grandchildren, and
his grandchildren would tell them to
their grandchildren,
while the old lighthouse
remains as the lone witness.

(End- shortened.)

About this poem

(Pure fiction. Any similarity should be treated as mere coincidence.)

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Submitted by hakikur on April 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme x xabaxa xaxaxa xxxaxcAdcac cAbefxaedfaa
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 818
Words 170
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 6, 11, 12

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