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"A Tale Of First Lovers"

In the kingdom of Toledo,

None burn bright as thy shadow

(From time very long ago)

A tale of first lovers –

(I and D’lorme)

Loved with the love that covers

The bay of a margin sea –

 

In the alleys of Toledo,

None radiated well as thy shadow

(From time not so long ago)

A tale of two lovers –

(Me and D’lorme)

Claim a star that hovers

Bellow our silent sea.

 

In the battles of Toledo,

All dim down as thy shadow

(Of a time we know so well, long ago,)

A tale of no lovers –

(‘Who?’ And D’lorme)

Never uncovers

The wound of a sunder sea –

 

In the welfare of Toledo,

By a dark tinctured shadow

(To a time long so far ago)

A tale of burnt lovers --

With 'her' and D'lorme;

With blood to the clovers

Drown in our golden sea.

 

In the debris of Toledo,

In the murky ashes of thy shadow

(From time to past o'er ago)

The tales of one lover --

('Gone' and D'lorme)

Whom now rediscover

The loss of his love in a lament sea.

 

To the angels above Toledo,

None burn bright as their shadow

(Of time given so long ago)

A tale of dead lovers --

(Isbella and D'lorme)

Together soaring then hovers

To the gallant sea.

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Written by
apteryx
Nicaraguan
Published
Jul 13, 2011
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