song of the girl in the boat

the breathless whisper of a single verse,
and loneliness blossoms in my heart;
the shimmer of a single dream
and my world is undone.
the memory of a single tenderness
and the sting of love reignites my wounds ;
in the moment when a single tear falls,
all hatred becomes a distant blur.
i can love you with all that i am,
but even this cannot return you to me.
from now on i will live as a shadow
forever in the past
forever in the past...

-----------the banquet