Sunday, February 17, 2008

the siren's song (reprise)

Here I am in the lighthouse,
Carried by pain
To a place where all lost memories,
Abandoned and forgotten,
Converge.

Such a mystery,
How this decrepit structure
Calls for our musings and
Brings back
The remnants of our trysts
From its dark private corners.

I picked a path towards the rail
Where the starlight witnessed
How I lost myself
In your countless ballads.

And as I tried to succumb
To the traces of your scent,
I could only sigh and feel
The soft kiss
Of the midnight sea breeze.

I realized that you are just a vivid past
Emblazoned in my mind,
A distant star, too far even for a wish.

And all things are but faint echoes
Of the melancholic waves
Crashing down the lighthouse,
Where I lost myself -
Where we lost ourselves.

They,
Unlike us,
Shall go on.

For I can't live in the memory of your song.

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