I Long for Autumn’s Cool

The oceans fog hold no more chill
Upon my sunken brow,
My calloused heart bleeds but one will
Of what I’m wishing now;

The maritime drained from my bones,
I long for autumn’s cool—
The dazzled blaze top leafy thrones
Far from the waters cruel.

For ships were once sailed afar
For a Fairy Queen,
And all stood—both mast and star—
To hear her laughter sing.

And sang she did, her melody
Guides my turn of wheel,
And led me far in memory
Of what I’m feeling still.

Her voice sang for me, and yet,
Her heart and eyes were not;
They were upon the shoreline set
In reminiscent thought.

Heart beat loudly for the love
She wished to leave away,
Following the stars above
That shone each night and day.

And the band that played upon the deck,
Its music bore my heart,
Mingled with her mind so set
To rip my ship apart.

And so I swam while my ship
Floats with Fairy Queens;
I returned to lands of crypts
To invoke my broken dreams.

And may autumn come so swift
(Her leaves will hide me well)
While red’s and yellows downward drift
To ebb my bloody swell.

For it would not be good on her ride
If she spotted blood upon the tide.