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Susan K. Rowse

I Love You

I love you..her words echoed
As he turned around
I love you, she said once again
He never made a sound

I LOVE YOU... and her heart did break
I NEED YOU, and she moaned
I WANT YOU...and she came apart
She sunk.... then he was gone

He never made a mortal sound
Upon this shrouded coast
Her crinnolins folded with her heart
Her man, her love...his ghost

She comes to search each misted morn
She swears her vows to him
She aches and dies each time he fades
Goes home, then comes again

He left her standing here you see
Eternally to wait
I love you quiet..in whispers now
Biding is her fate

For lovers make this mortal vow
Then hearts get torn apart
When fate steps in and weilds the sword
And severs loving hearts.

And so she wanders along the coast
Each morning with the mist
She says I LOVE YOU' and she sighs
Then blows the fog a kiss.