I once again
Find myself on common shores
I’m older as I was then
And have walked through many forbidden doors

The sea, it whispers
And tries to sooth
But it seems like it lispers
There is no absolute truth

Gray hair
Now integrates through brown
Once this face was fair
Before my head carried the crown

How the mighty have fallen
And yet, why do I stand
Doubting, crestfallen
Trying, but unable to mend

Sometimes things that get broken
Can’t be repaired
Sometimes words that are spoken
Are the reason for a heart impaired

On these shores I linger
Like the damned of old
No symbol of love on my finger
Instead just a crown of gold

No man can save
My heart is already lost
Nothing I didn’t already gave
This is not a win, not at this cost

So much bereavement
Lining through my face
For what is a great achievement
When the soul is an empty place

No comfort do I find
Not in this world, nor within
I’m not of their kind
I’m not of their kin

The whispering ocean
The soothing breeze
Do not lessen the emotion
There’s no cure for my disease

I long for solitude
I yearn for a mind at peace
To happiness I allude
But I’ll settle for release