When I am gone

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Beside the seashore with the flicking lights of the passing boats

There on the beach lays a broken sand dollar

The roaring sea comforts me, saving me

From all I carry

Then you came with eyes of curiosity

Haunting black and sweet

Like the engulfing night

Silently beckoning

For an adventure to relief an unrelenting stiffness of the everyday

I belong here with you

But the world cries around me

I will fly away across the sea

Far away, far away to an island I am bound to stay

I must be strong

Because they need you

Because I care deeply for you

When you close your eyes now

I will be gone from this land we share

But my love for you will continue you

Darkest of night and lonely seas

But the stars will burn brighter than you realize

It may be destiny that sheds our tears

You must hold me close in dreams and memories

You must not weep even with the howling night inside of you

You must fly in all you do

You must have courage

Far above the everyday, far above the everyday you are bound to stay here

You must be strong

Because they need you

Because I love you

You close your eyes now

And I will be gone

But my love for you will go on

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