How wistfully I recall times since past
When sun shone so brightly upon my face
Oh how gaily we ran! so free and fast
Weaving memories, intricate as lace
We skipped through the waves splashing all about
Swimming with dolphins and all of their kin
We played all day long without care or doubt
Never once believing it’d ever end
Now shadows close in, the world grows cold
Friendships which flourished now slowly shall die
No longer lighting my life with their gold
Leaving my spirit in ruins to lie
‘Till my final breath I shall always wish
That I’d stayed in that place, bathing in bliss