The Final Journey
\nby cricketjeff on March 29, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<\/p>\n
She knows no life beyond her shuttered room,
\nReflections of the world appear as dreams,
\nContentedly she stitches in the gloom
\nThe images that float by on the streams.
\nWhile all around men love and work and play,
\nThe finest in the land ride past each day;
\nTo Camelot.<\/p>\n
The freemen in the fields have heard her voice,
\nA legendary beauty in the tower.
\nCondemned to see out life without a choice,
\nThe fates decree that each must have her hour.
\nSir Lancelot, in armour like the Moon,
\nRides past her keep one sun-drenched afternoon;
\nBeyond Shalott.<\/p>\n
Although she only saw a passing shade
\nHis beauty breaks the spell that binds her will
\nDiscarding all the tapestries she’s made
\nHer beating heart escapes the prison grill
\nAlthough she knows it’s death to run away
\nShe cannot face the pain it takes to stay
\nBeside Shalott<\/p>\n
Her farewell song seduces empty air
\nAnd those who hear will treasure every note
\nThe music lands like raindrops everywhere
\nAnd love alone will guide her little boat
\nEach furlong of her journey takes her breath
\nThe river will bring happiness and death
\nIn Camelot<\/p>\n
A single shaft of sunlight through the clouds
\nCannot outshine the beauty of her eyes
\nSir Lancelot appearing through the crowds
\nMust join his voice to all the other sighs
\nThe Lady of Shalott now sees his face
\nAnd life and death has fallen into place
\nIn Camelot<\/p>\n
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