Along the stormy beach coast, wild horses run free
I will run with them too, dancing in diamond sands
I'll run wild as the wind
How did this happen so fast, we knew we'd never grow old
Now with an ending in sight, as long as I can I know
I'll run wild as the wind
Listen to the brief moments of forest silence
the sound of the cool Fall breeze,
the blades of grass as they softly rustle,
and the quiet descent of colored leaves as they drift -
and ever you by my side
and ever the song of life that springs from your soul too.
These moments I celebrate alone -
when I breathe deep the fresh air,
and I inhale the sweet smells of wildflowers and simple weeds,
and when I hear the birds sing their passion -
ever you by my side,
your hand in mine,
ever the glorious universe of your spirit and your flesh
filling my spirit, not with longing
but with the contentment of long-time lovers.
My wife, my sister, my lover, my friend
I send my song to you
not across distance or time,
but cast forever upon the boundless infinities.
She was a child and I was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than a love,
my beautiful bonnie lassie
Two fleeting hearts made out of tin
Fashioned by the fairies in a magic cauldrin
Now sail with me lass and hasten down the wind
Twenty years come and twenty years gone
There's much more ahead, our love wings beat strong
Now fly with me lass and hasten down the wind
She fills my heart like the roses of love,
and the clouds drifting over the plains
While quietly falls the soft tears of age,
like a gentle and warm spring rain
And the difference between the sweet moonbeam dreams
of the beautiful Annabel Lee,
My darlin', my love is still by my side,
my beautiful bonnie lassie
(Special thanks to Edgar Allan Poe for writing Annabell Lee: I wrote this song for my wife on our 20th wedding anniversary. As I began writing the melody, Poe's"Annabell Lee" kept running through my head along with the melody. Why argue with fate...)