Without her life is to me Music to a deaf man A crimson sky to a man born blind Spoken words to a mute Unfulfilled longing The undying desire for the unattainable Feeling the wind in your hair as you sprint to the lame Beautiful poetry to an illiterate The desire to gather the stars in my hand And set them in the blackness of my heart To breathe in the peace of the ocean And hold it in my troubled soul for but a moment Life to a dead man Without her life is to me