Are Those Days
Gone
Grant Woodside
He sees a light now not far away
Vacant eyes and seaweed tangled hair
Are known to none but the sea
Hunting quietly along a dark shoreline
………….
Perhaps the sea is a jealous lover
But she guards her secrets well
………….
Perhaps he spoke with other ghosts
Telling them of a long ago betrayal
Known only by two and the tides
Which bring to all the melancholy sounds
Of betrayed lovers embraced by the sea
………….
Inside a lighted house by the shore
Another man is drinking whiskey
Remembering one night years long past
A betrayal known by only two and the tides
Within a darkened room sleeping
A woman dreaming of days long past
When two young lovers roamed the shores
Seeking treasures hidden by pirates
………….
The man with tangled hair stops there now
Looking up at the lighted house through the mist
It looks warm and peaceful from the cold
He smiles wishing it were his home
Remembering well the dreams shared
By two young lovers roaming the shores
Seeking treasures hidden by pirates
………….
Perhaps the sea is a jealous lover
But she guards her secrets well
………….
A man and his whiskey bottle wander away
Opening the door, leaving for the shore
Memories creeping about like the mist outside
Recalling a time now long gone
When two young lovers roamed the shores
Seeking treasures hidden by pirates
………….
Perhaps the sea is a jealous lover
But she guards her secrets well
………….
A man walks into the lighted house
While outside the sea claims time as her own
The woman awakens with his touch
Eyes still filled with dreams and love
Found a treasure on the shore he whispers
Smiling, returning a touch never forgotten
Are those days gone, she asks the darkness
………….
Perhaps some things should never be
Perhaps some things should always be
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Perhaps the sea is a jealous lover
But she guards her vengeance well
