I yearn for a desperate love
that I do not know,
And dream to find things I cannot find.
I ache for another whom I’ve never seen.
Beneath my closed lids in bed at night
Visions float just out of reach,
Of rubies and pearls and a loving prince.
How I yearn for a century
that has passed me by.
Oceans of time and love must wait
For one such as me to fall into a fairytale.
My skin will never know their touch,
Nor their heartbeat or heat, nor their kiss.
A sorrow so hopeless, and so absolute
Has gripped me for something I cannot miss.