Nothing ever remains the same
Soon we will even lose our name
To the light of a dreadful new day
A bet if things will change or stay
***
We swore that love will not become fickle
But the tastes of despair and loss slowly trickle
Into every sense we still cling to and have
Taking from us every tear and every laugh
Ah, the path just becomes harder
If we do not bow to the will of fate
And even when we do, nothing is left of our ardor
And love is slowly consumed by a sudden hate
I want to keep calling your name before I sleep
Even as this only brings pain now not relief
As the hours of the night grow long and deep
Your name is lost like an abandoned belief
I want to keep dreaming of you beside me
Even if this brings a longing nothing can quench
As the falling darkness renders things difficult to see
I find myself along your image drowning in a rainy trench
***
The whiffs of the morning bring me your scent
Filled with unsent letters of a deep grief
I can tell no more what my promises meant
Frail against the wind like a falling leaf
Ah, the road just grows more bleak
Our future will not grant us a guiding star
Believing we still know what we seek
But can it remain the same as we are afar
I want to feel your warmth amidst this cold storm
And indulge myself in a beautiful memory repeated again
Not a stale play I am continuously asked to perform
Until I seek it myself ignoring its tragedy and pain
I want to keep your image as it is in my mind
Never defiled by the brutality of these days
But it is a lost gleam my eyes refuse to find
As my heart these cruel games accepts and plays
***
I want to never forget the purity we once shared
When my heart was not tainted and lost
The true love we were not afraid of and bared
Galringly to everyone despite its cruel cost
I want to keep calling your name before I sleep
Even as this only brings pain now not relief
As the hours of the night grow long and deep
Your name awakens me from this slumber
Through nights and days I cannot number
Found again like an abandoned belief
Diarmuid to Grainne / Part II and after