Off the Midway Island Range

Lost in the ocean amidst an endless sea, Hanging around my neck is a locket and key, Picture dwells inside no big mystery, Portrait of you, but it belongs to me, Can I have a little longer choking back the tears, Wishing I could hold you need to have so near, Night time is falling moonlight starts to glow, I open up the locket, never to be closed, My life raft is sinking water pours within, Desperate situation trying to save my skin, All I really care about not seeing you again, Beautiful picture I gaze upon brings solace to my pain, O darling if you hear me love always overcomes, What a way to go under your face is right in front, O god I’m so sorry have to take this plunge, My only regret is leaving you, not how I succumb, My tears are sweetened beneath salty waves, Heart is pounding crazy first kiss we made, Your with me as I perish my soul is not afraid, Death in war’s nothing for you my life I freely gave. By David Kavanagh