The Last Post Before The Sea Poem by Pradip Chattopadhyay

There she would come every night
at the last post before the sea
her shadow stealing the starlight
she crooned her lover a lullaby!

the waves breaking the craggy shore
they would be coming nightlong
keen to know what's in store
if he would be drawn by her song!

atop the post he waited alone
if ever a ship came that way
faithfully flashing his earthly beacon
streaking the sea's pathway!

she sang in the hope her notes would rise
with the winds up there to reach him
though he wouldn't see her he would surmise
all her heart's yearning all her dream!

but his eyes only caught the waves' roll
fathomed the distant horizon
a ship must pass to soothe his soul
to fulfill his waiting long alone!

he never knew the girl on the shore
she sang him a loving lullaby
up there alone behind closed door
his love he lent out to the sea!