the lighthouse keeper
sleeps alone; she wakes
up one morning and
forgets. she wakes
up one morning to find
her ghosts painted all over the walls.
she has forgotten how loud they can be.
the lighthouse keeper
swallows all the light 
around her. eats it
for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
tries to illuminate 
the darkest corners of her
that haven’t seen the sun in days.
the lighthouse keeper
doesn’t remember.
and the sea drowns itself.
— A.Y. // the lighthouse keeper (via 2wentysixletters)