Before me the lamp burns in brightness,
Scattering the gloom of darkness
Doused in a warm yellow,
Suffused with a feeling mellow.

I sit and muse over what I've done,
Of what I've had and what is gone.
You were an island in a sea,
A place where I longed to be.

You were a cool drink on a summer's day,
A youthful friend with whom to play;
And in the hour of twilight,
A faint and glimmering starlight.

In earnestness, I wooed you;
In lust, seduced you;
In silence, adored you;
In the heart of me, loved you.

Your figure in an effervescent mist
Slowly dimmed and vanished.
And a cold darkness crept over me,
And in its grip stifled me.

And now I search in vain
For the arms that entwined around me
When we have lain
And held me
And held me...