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As a boy I clambered and played
Angry funeral black North Sea
Wave upon uniform wave crashing
A violent, frothy attack on broken teeth rocks
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Slipping, stumbling, and swaying – an old man grasped my arm
He said: “Careful son, you are too young to die
There is a light out there across the sea. A light that burns for you”
And vanished into the swirling mists before I could ask why
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As a man I lost my way
Fell through a yawning darkness of moonless, starless night
Fell through ragged centuries of pain, loss, despair
No aegis; no mentor; no understanding of right
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As I aged I remembered the mysterious old man by the sea
Where was this light that burned for me?
A shattered wreck on the shoreline, my bones were bare
The mossy, jagged cliffs stretched far away
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About to give up, you picked me up
Took me to bed and woke me up
I murmured: “You are the one from across the sea
You are the light that burns for me”
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And now it is like night lightning
Veiny maze across the starry sky
This love is mesmerizing
This love is spellbinding; and
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Never take it away-
I give you my life until my dying day
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