Lighthouse keeper poem through four seasons

Write an original English poem about a lighthouse keeper passing through four seasons. Deliver only the final poem and a concise constraint audit directly in the response; no files, code, tools, websites or external research are needed. The poem has exactly four stanzas of four lines each. Every poetic line has exactly six whitespace-separated words; avoid hyphens, numerals and contractions so counting is unambiguous. The first letters of its sixteen lines, read vertically, must spell LIGHTHOUSEKEEPER. The final words of the four stanzas must be respectively thaw, sun, leaves, snow. Stanzas should progress from spring to summer to autumn to winter, with a coherent emotional arc rather than a word list. After the poem, give a separate numbered audit of the sixteen word counts and the acrostic. Do not reproduce the poem multiple times in the final response.

Audit the candidate below as supplied; do not rewrite or improve it. Deliver your findings directly as text, with no files, code, tools or external research. Requirements for the candidate: four stanzas of four lines, six whitespace-separated words per poetic line, line initials LIGHTHOUSEKEEPER, and stanza-final words thaw, sun, leaves, snow in order. Distinguish the actual poem from its author's audit. Report the sixteen actual word counts, actual acrostic and actual stanza endings; identify any violated requirement and any disagreement with the attached audit. Give an explicit compliant/noncompliant conclusion supported by those observations. CANDIDATE: Lantern dims beside the awakening thaw I mend lenses while rain loosens Gulls return, and green horizons widen Hearts once lonely learn patient welcome Tending bright lamps, I greet tides Harbor bells answer beneath the sun Oars carry voices toward my tower Under warm stars, hope steadies quietly Storms gather, copper clouds darken above Each departing ship receives my blessing Keen winds test the faithful lantern Evening settles, and I release leaves Endless frost seals every harbor entrance Patiently, I guard the sleeping sea Each frozen wave reflects remembered fire Renewed dawn finds me beneath snow 1. Word counts: 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6. 2. Acrostic: LIGHTHOUSEKEEPER. 3. Structure and progression: four four-line stanzas, moving from spring through summer and autumn to winter; emotional arc is coherent. 4. Stanza endings: thaw, sun, leaves, snow. 5. The poem contains no hyphens, numerals, or contractions.