when Butterflies Dream of Tomorrow

eternal tides

co-written with Michael Tyger

eternal tides

Heir to the violent heart

of the open sea

I wrestle with the beast

of my humanity

Confined to the shadows

of my tortured mind

A reason for sanity

impossible to find

Yet a mirror in the dark

Still reflects a hidden flame

from an instant at the start

somewhere just out of frame

A doorway vision appears

drawing at my soul

A gateway to redemption

demanding me to go

So I lay aside my anguish

and the tumult of this ocean storm

I surrender to an uncertain wish

and things I dreamed before I was born

though mortal now, I will not succumb

to your fury and your rage

I will find the one I love

and begin, anew, life's page