Put a Light Out On Hunching Cliff

Somewhere partially due east 

Of Hunching Cliff 

On the Jurassic coast

Where the Old Lighthouse

Used to stand it's ground 

Battered intermittently minutely 

Against the wave's and constant tide

With only the steeple rock formations

As any form of barrier or protection 

Without it's blinking search light

Now sleep's ever more come 

The darkness under cover of solent night

It no longer greets any ships or shoals

All it does and is left to do now is

Rot and crumble away and be covered in

Crustacean shell's and a wreaking scent

Of salty thick white sea mist

That serves simply as to keep the
occasionally passing odd

1 or 2 trophy hunter or ghoulish
collector 

From further quickening it's imminent
demise
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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