Simulacrum

Standing in the tallest grass With whispers, phantoms in the wind I held aloft my one true love's last wish: That I come find her by the waves It was all that I had By which I might remember her It was all that she left behind One wish that I should follow her --- It lay atop her green-grey tomb A flower's sempiternal bloom A bud that never faded As it weathered rain for near a year And the earth lay softly mourning tears Shed for the undiscovered years But last, the sun shone still And shaded next the gravestone One last memory A flower's sempiternal bloom It lay atop her green-grey tomb And soon Fates wanderings had led me back To where lay all that I had lacked The deadness, stillness, silence Yet one life amidst it all And that, Beside the silent, sounding sea Sepulchral questions spoke to me But phantoms in the wind My love's voice calling Softly Softly Amid the sea-foam and the spray Atop the tomb The stillest pool that shone like silver 'gainst the sun Beneath the flower Before my eyes Outlasting to all time the tide A sigh for me across the wind "Come find me, love, inside the sea" And as I looked, I saw my love And stared until the stars above Looked down in pity Far enough away that they could see me As my lips reached down My arms strove down My life Without a sound Slipped silently into the pool And as each memory Unraveled There Before me All that I could see Was she Repeating Softly? Softly "Come find me, love, inside the sea" "Come find me, love" "Find me"