TOEFL Getting Ready Poem

Music issued from the island’s coast,

Seemingly alone in the dark sea,

Lived a man, old as a ghost,

Who yearned to be free.

His tales were woven with ardent flair,

In shadows where the starlight gleamed,

Each word a spark in the misty air,

To craft the world he dreamed.

The island’s heart held a radiant glow,

Its secrets bound in a crystal’s frame,

With ingenuity, he’d let it grow,

And etch his boundless name.

Yet waves would whisper a solemn plea,

Their rhythm fierce, yet strangely kind,

His stories, compelling, set his soul free,

To roam where dreams entwined.