Kingdom by the Sea

"But we loved with a love that as more than love--

I and my ANNABEL LEE."     ~Edgar Allan Poe

It was here, at a Kingdom by the Sea

Where I dwelt, and dwelt with misery

But across the water I could scarcely see

An object or person was swimming towards me

It was a fair maiden that I was seeing

With all the features of a beautiful being

I thought it false, I thought I was dreaming

But it was true love that she was bringing 

And on that day, the Angels were singing

The bells of glee were ringing

She was my Queen, and I her King

And it was to her that I was clinging

Yes it was there, on the Kingdom by the Shore

And a golden necklace was all she wore

Her story revealed she was ousted as a whore

She used to love, but loves no more

So I took her in and treated her well

Before very long, in Love I fell

I was freed from my black shell

I was free from from my black Hell

I grew to love her with the whole of my heart

Neither mortal nor God could tear us apart

I have been guided from the land that was dark

Now it is time to start over from the start

Both of us shunned by society

But we both loved and loved mightily

We needed no God, no piety

On our own we built a dynasty

But one dreadful night, she left and left quietly

The Angels in Heaven took her and took her silently

Now nothing can bring her back, not prayer nor bribery

This was indeed an act of piracy

My hopes are gone, my dreams are shattered

My heart bleeds, it is torn and tattered

My conscience has been beaten and battered

My very pride stomped upon and splattered

At the very top of my castle, on this Kingdom by the Sea

Is from where I leaped, into the blue of the sea

Because the Angels stole her away from me

There exists no contentedness or glee

Deeper and deeper I sank into the sea

All I desired was Her, and Her with me

Now grief and sorrow is all I see

In this deep blue, I will wait for thee

Right here, in this Kingdom by the Sea.