Lighthouse

Erik Luo
Dec 5, 2020
Photo by Evgeni Tcherkasski on Unsplash

The lighthouse on the shore
Shed light on the source
Of the beauty and power
In that waves and thunder

I stood before the storm
Hearing the thud and claps
A sound so familiar
Yet filled, with unknown horror

I saw the dark shadows
As they crashed on the shore
Breaking my body
And dissolving my words

Once again I tried
To let go of the water
Only to leave nothing
As I become the shore

Hitting by the water
Through the calms and anger
As I keep the lighthouse
Standing
in this beautiful horror
Forever…

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Erik Luo

Poet. To see the beauty of our existence, the brilliance in our struggle, and the love in our sadness.