I long for a woman I can't have, She is a woman who dances in my dreams, She is a woman I always think of, She is a woman I want to She is a woman I dream of making love to, She is a woman I'd long to grow old with, She is a woman I want to share my life, She is a woman I'm forbidden to have, She is the woman;I wish the State would free She is the woman I cannot hide away with, She is a woman that I must meet Between wire and steel She is the woman I cannot sneak a kiss, She is the woman listed by a coded number, She is a woman;I pray the State will forgive, She is a queen in the tower of our despair, that knows how to love me, Please oh please, Governor do let her go!
This poem is dedicated to the Texas Preacher who fell in love with a woman on death row. This poem was written in late 1997.