As I watch Autumn glide into Winter, Sparse are the fond memories I invoke, Just a fragment here, and there a splinter, But Love left not one ember to stoke
Hopes and dreams that held promises of Love Hang like withered fruits upon the vine; And my heart, like the solitary dove, Mourns for the love that never was mine
As the hourglass marks the eleventh hour I watch anxiously as the sand falls; Loneliness wields its consummate power While Death impatiently walks the halls
Is there time to right this egregious wrong --- Will Fate discipline its heart of stone? Before the last refrains of my swan song Might I yet ascend Love's golden throne?
Only Fate foreknows all that's yet to be, But it has no voice with which to speak; Silently it walks toward eternity Veiling the havoc it may yet wreak
If only to alter Fate's fickle mind And beg Time to walk a slower pace, The days yet to come might be redesigned To show me a more merciful face
And each path I take might be strewn with flowers, When I bet on Love, I just might win ....... Ah, what futile dreams fill these lonely hours, Trying to calm the churning hell within!