Not for Me

I do not belong to this life

It is for you, not for I

Do not be upset with the revelation

Today nobody shall die

I knew enough of the idea

To know I needed you less

My path was of antique favor

My flight away is the best 

Someday I'll return to your palace

To find you at last

You may be at war with me now 

But darling, it shall pass

Look for me no days

For the pine's been uprooted

I fathom, room for the weeds

Goliath's cave has been looted

I've jumped ship in my head

Long before news of high tide

Sailor's nights are best in waves

Absent, I, for the ride

Here there aren't enough dawns

To make up for the setting 

But we'll live many more lives

In separate bedding

So devise as you yearn

And multiply for its getting late

You've sold novels about my return

But darling, 

Returning shall have to wait.