Amaranth

Captured in the waves
Of your hair that flows
I surrender to the sea
I spread my wings
But cannot fly
Enraptured by your gaze
But you'll never know
It's you alone I love
It's you who will forever be

I watch from the window
I fall for your grace
But I will always be that minnow
Who drowns without a trace
My name is irrelevant
And my life's an irretrievable loss
And I would never dare elicit
One to whom I don't belong
Still I envy any man
Who may ever walk your way
To prove that you are mortal
And thereby bound to fall from grace

This fervour will burn forevermore
If you remain my heroine, unsung
And I, to be requited
On a voyage that never begun
So I say farewell
Not that you will hear me
Not that you will see
How my heart is in your hands
And in your hands, you are holding
The gift of my affection
Flowers that erode
With my wish, my intention
Devoured in the undertow
And adrift from your devotion

Gasping for the air
That your face restores
I render all of me
I shed my wings
I slowly die
Unmasking what I fear
But it never shows
It's you alone I love
It's you who won't remember me