If life were an eternity
Bound not by this mortality
Surely my love would not be so
Stubborn and unwilling to go
We would dance under moon lit skies
Ponder the stars and fireflies
Spend our days sailing far away
Welcoming salty ocean spray
I would follow you if you run
To the end of time just for fun
Bestirring from slumber my love
Pierces the clear heavens up above
Lifetimes I shall spend a million
Drowning in rich vermillion
Eons I shall spend awaiting
Mind numb and fingers aching
To feel the silk of your smooth hair
Wispy as midsummer night’s air
I’d savor your sweet cherry
If only life were so merry
But often I am haunted by
Frivolous death mocking and sly
Laughing and bitter he draws close
To hang me by a lonesome noose
Softly time whispers in my ear
Make haste for the end is near
In thy hand a single dark rose
My heart or his for you to choose
Of this game I soon grow weary
Tarry not you sad sick fairy
Oh darling surely I would hate
If you were to make death your mate
Now sweet let us go you and I
Soon before life passes us by
While daylight is young and plenty
Die a little sweet and gently
Burn quick in the carnal fires
Of my insatiable desires
Now let us find them while we may
And now like frolicking cubs at play
Seek yonder horizons broad and wide
For no longer have we to hide
Uncork the bottle of our strife
And drink to the lees this fine life
Thus, though we have no true power
Delay him we can by each hour