When I first came, I hoped I'd love.
The city, she called, and I followed her song.
I walked the streets to find a life
And what I found, became my home.
The river wound about my waist
Held me tight and never let go.
And always the sea danced so close
The gulls that flew above a testament to the waves
Their call an echo within my heart.
Time felt vast, the clock undone
but so soon it slipped between my hands
Giving way to a distant future
No longer bound to this one land.
I kiss her goodbye, all of her
My tears I give with grace and thanks
In hopes they join the waters that separate.
And I walk away
With promise to return
With my feet on the ground
Or in the skies
To the life I lived once
In which I thrived.
