Standing tall on an island I have witnessed a 100 years go by,
My golden colour a mast in shining brass, bold yet so shy.
The glorious days of my birth at the hands of Robert my father,
Bristows we were known to the sea and Kochi my beautiful mother.
I was ageless to the millions of lovers who longed to see my light,
To rest and to feast they docked at my shores on my sandy bight.
They sailed away soon and I gaze until my sight starts to weaken,
Again I would scour my eyes and sweep the seas with my beacon.
Endlessly searching the seas for my next lover to come calling,
Oh! I see a speck in the horizon, a flag the waves were hauling.
Sometimes they waved at me from the sea, and I was overjoyed,
But I still kept looking, gazing yearningly into the vast blue void.
I stood alone, I stood strong, for I knew they would need me,
Years passed by like the wind but I never once was gloomy.
The incessant rains or the scorching sun, I never really cared,
The waves mostly soothing but sometimes even they flared.
The white soft sand at my feet had changed to golden brown,
Matching with the gleam from my golden mast and my crown.
I unendingly burned in order to guide more of my lovers ashore,
I have watched over, guided and harboured many to my shore.
Some traders, some warriors, some fishermen, some unknown,
But today I can’t help but feel so different like my own clown.
I have promised them I will and by the sea I swear I will keep it,
Even if it means to burn myself forever, either for love or deceit.
Earlier there were none, but now I have many a neighbours,
Big mansions and lavish landscapes along manicured harbours.
My relationship with the sea is eternal, like an immortal love story,
We have seen and mused over many transgressions in all our glory.
Still we loved each one of them and gave them every thing we had,
I am still standing as beautiful as I was years before, perhaps a lil sad.
I never rested though, never gave up on hope, never lost a night,
In your hearts let me always shine as your favourite house of light.
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