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The Light Keeper

He stumbled, and climbing painfully heard echoes reverberate hauntingly, as if to mock his existence. A lifetime's singular occupation, yet not lonely- -all those at sail his children, but "The Keeper of the Flame" now obsolete, replaceable, insignificant weary, exhausted, the flicker became eternity

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Frederic Parker

Date: 12/22/2017 10:14:00 AM

time stops for no one, AI will soon be coming for us all...a sad picture you've painted, I can see the wrinkled skin, the faded hat, the worn out coat, eyes fixed towards the sea,

Craig Cornish
Date: 12/23/2017 1:48:00 PM

yes and yes Frederic---shall we wish to move on and not be here or shall we wish to exist and fight the inevitable? Hmmm. I wish to be a pain till the end!

FJ Thomas

Date: 12/22/2017 8:14:00 AM

Ahhh thank you. That made it that much more beautiful. Now I can't see how I missed it.

FJ Thomas

Date: 12/21/2017 4:30:00 PM

This reads beautifully. Though I must admit, I do not know it's meaning.

Craig Cornish
Date: 12/22/2017 7:31:00 AM

Thx Shadow, but the analogy speaks of life in general and the sad reality of something becoming obsolete including ourselves; Lighthouses were forever lit by actual flames then electrical and now digital----no need for keepers that live there for quite some time----and it is not the end of obsolete nor the end of new, which will also at some point become obsolete.