Shell Song - Anne Clark

I fall into blackness

with no stars to guide me

a bottle green sleep

with no one beside me

outside it’s cold

a wild wind’s blowing

and I’ve numbed my sole heart

to keep it from knowing

that you, like this night,

like this hour which is passing

My dreams are all filled

with so much emotion

they cause my response,

cause my commotion

true love waits for me

I keep at a distance

a moment passed through us

that was gone in an instant

a moment so strong

it holds on with persistence

Deep in the dark

if I called, would you hear me

the shell by my ear sings its song

though its only the sound of my life

all rushing, and flowing

and a full restless heart

I can’t keep from knowing

that you, like this night,

like this hour which is passing