A Woman Named Ba-i

THE ELEMENTS

2.  AIR

Was that you who called my love,

Or somebody else I knew?

From the past I can't remember,

In the future, blind from view.

And though I breathe your soothing essence,

My heart has stopped to beat;

For nay I know the woman

That my mind, my soul do keep!

You're everybody's friend  and neighbor,

Transparent as the isinglass.

You could sail the ships in harbor,

Or meekly bend a blade of grass.

Without you,  I have no power,

But then  I hold you not;

You can' t promise me forever

And I don't promise you a lot.

I see you in my everyday,

Be I look straight ahead

Our eyes didn't meet in anyway,

Nor even shared my bed.

But such is the longing

For a dream that didn't come true;

For I won't spare a day of living

Without the thought of you.

So, promise me tomorrow

Although it never comes,

Or take a vow of forever,

So there we can hold hands.

For in my case, oh dying air

I save my one last breath;

Oh lady mine, Oh lady fair

I'll love you till my death.

So may you ask if I have known you

As me you have known not,

Never a friend, never a lover

A dream that came to pass!