Free Verse · Love
The Lighthouse
The world gets loud. You don't.
Plans collapse. You shrug, reroute.
I have watched you assemble furniture,
funerals, and Christmas mornings
with the same unhurried hands.
Other people fall for fireworks.
I fell for the lighthouse.
Original poem © QuillOak — free for personal use.
“The Lighthouse” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/i-fell-for-the-lighthouse
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