AS NIGHT FALLS

My darling love 
I may never see you again
I pray your heart can endure the pain 
Darkness has overshadowed our love 
But I have faith in the one above 

Our vessel has struck an iceberg 
And in less than an hour
We will embrace the bottom of the sea
It's chaotic here now 
Screams and tears from stern to bow 
But you are all I am thinking of 

I've managed to find a pen
Rolling in the direction of doom 
Where this voyage is destined 
Worlds away from the sun
To that dark and forgotten room 

So on the perfumed hand kerchief you gave me
With edges burnt with the passion of your love
I write my final words
I do love you my darling love

And with my last breath 
I will call your name 
My lips will speak of no other 
Or our love will be profaned 

And if I should make my bed
At the bottom of the sea
May the wind direct the waves that covers me
And sail my testimony of love
To you my darling love.

Wilford Barker.