Single Love

My lover stood upon the shore
The same shore i stand today
She is not here,
her footsteps washed away.

But i too look into the mist
to foreign shores, of uncounted dist’
And see another shore lying low
and another love aglow.

But i am alone, a single man
No lover i can call dear
She’s standing on some foreign shore
and never will see me near.

But this was life as i chose myself
And only in later years
Did i recount the mistake i made
and never find my eternal tear.

Ragged is my mortal coil
Palled is my faith
Only my dreams can recall
A lover, another call.

And my heart aches
And my mind racks
And my skin itches
And my body brakes