The Daily Poem

LOVER'S CASTLE

Long ago and far away

    Once upon a time

Lovely lady every day

    Up the hill would climb

At the top she dropped a stone

    One by one they grew

Till a castle gleaming shone

    Polished white and new

There she lived until she died

    Ninety-nine years old

Everyone that knew her cried

    Memories of her told

How she climbed the hill to see

    Watching for her man

He had sailed on Destiny

    To a foreign land

She had given all her life

    Waiting to be his

Wanting just to be his wife

    Longing for his kiss

Captured by a pirate band

    Forced to be their slave

Dreaming of his lover's hand

    All his life he gave

Every day he hoped to flee

    Ached to run away

Wanting only to be free

    Homeward bound to stay

Pirates set him free at last

    Tired, worthless, old

Stowed away on Everlast

    Hungry, sick and cold

Finally home he climbed the hill

    Found her flowered tomb

Swallowed hard the bitter pill

    Darkness, sorrow, doom

Darkness took his eyes away

    Sorrow took his soul

Doom brought down his dying day

    Love had reached its goal

Now they live in Neverland

    Beating heart to heart

Walking islands hand in hand

    Never more to part.

D. Edgar Lamp

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Guangzhou, China

JOURNAL: Overnight train from Kunming to Guangzhou, China

~ The Dailly Poet