Too long was I denied her touch
The woman who I loved so much
Blonde-tressed, with eyes that glowed and gleamed
A goddess girl, or so it seemed
To me, when I was cursed by youth
Condemned to taste the tragic truth
That she, who was the world to me
Would never be my destiny
Too far into the Shadowland
She walked, when she let go my hand
Fair femme, of whom I’d grown too fond
Dark-haired became, no longer blonde
For she had changed, but so had I
Star-cross’d beneath a savage sky
And star-cross’d love, of course, includes
Those never-ending interludes
Where lovers’ paths do so diverge
They separate, with sorrow’s surge
That wipes the footprints in the sand
They made, while walking hand in hand
Too long apart to merge or melt
Together, feeling what we felt
Before fair hair turned grey like skies
And magic faded from our eyes