O fill the desert in my heart
With words of tenderness –
Sweet words of comfort to impart
My soul to soft caress
As time weighs heavy on my mind
The fleeting years sustain –
Fond memories of youth long lost
And true love still remain
For as I walk the rugged paths
Of life`s deceiving way
Yet searching for a sweeter land
Where so to dance and play
I seek release from life`s travails
(O fortune, be my lead)
To take me thus to brighter plains
For I am sore indeed
Now gazing in the mirror where
The phantoms of my youth
So flicker as reflections there
In visions of the truth
As time has passed and blown away
My dreams and hopefulness –
I now, as in my aging years,
(The balance to redress)
Fall……., into nothingness
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