Searise - White Willow

Tears on her pillow

Slumber is hard to resist

Sleep takes her by the hand

Opens another door

Time passes slowly

One day so much like the next

When did he say goodbye

When did the lights go out

She sees the laden sky

Wonders if he’s alive

Oh since the waters rose

She has had no repose

Watches the branches

Weave in and out of the waves

She never thought she would

Live with an ocean view

Something approaching

Is it her brave sailor boy?

Heart beating faster now

No, just a drifting corpse

She sees the laden sky

Wonders if he’s alive

Oh since the waters rose

She has had no repose

She is alone now

None but the vultures remain

Tuesday the last folks left

Embarked from the roof of the downtown mall

Everything’s sinking, or is the tide on the rise?

She has been thinking

Of rowing her boat to the western hills

Up where the land is dry

She’ll find her peace up high

Ever since Edward left

She has felt so bereft