Ballad of a Lover

Nourished
from the blood of those
I have killed.
So strong it  
withstands the
blade of my sword.
This is my honor.
The strength of my
will and my love for
you cannot be cut by the
sharpest sword. I am
giving it to you, my dearest
love. Our love has blossomed.
Promise me you shall keep it
alive. This flower is my heart.
No petal shall drop for the
love in my heart will never
wane. the color in it's sacred  
petals shall never fade. Thy love
for you shall remain bright as ever.
Its sweet scent will perfume the
air. that is the scent of love, my
love. The blade of my sword shall
never dull. The handle will
never rust. The tassel will never

1. unfurl. Promise me, promise me you
will keep our love strong.
Promise you will forever love me
and I will promise to forever love
you. Farewell, my love, my dearest
heart. I will come back. Please, please
keep your love for me alive for if it
should die, then I shall die with it.

2. If it is alive, then I will
come back. I will come back
for you. I swear, I promise to
love you forever. Farewell and
goodbye. Wait for me on the
Plymouth pier. I shall return to
you. I shall hold you in my
arms and bestow a kiss upon your

3. lips and a ring on your finger.
Do not weep, my love, we shall
see each other again. when we do,
the sun will be shining, the gulls will
be flying, the waves crashing upon the
shore in merriment. The Earth itself
will be celebrating. On the day that we

4. will be reunited. Joined
forever in undying love and
holy matrimony. I must go now.
Take my sword. please, whenever
the sun reflects upon the blade, think
of me. Whenever you smell our flower's sweet scent,
think of me. Whenever tears fall from your eyes, think of me

5. and be happy once again. Say
my name. Never forget my name. Let it be
uttered from your sweet lips and yours shall
pass through mine every day. I am weeping.
I weep for you. I weep because I love you so.
Even though I will be gone only a short while but it will feel like an

6. eternity. I wish I could spend an
eternity with you. as I said in the words of Shakespeare, "parting is such sweet
sorrow." I now understand exactly
what he meant. i shall be your
Romeo if you were to be my
Juliet. please let me stroke your hair once

7. more? Let me hold your hand. let me hold
you in my arms again. let me kiss you.
let me kiss your hand. let me kiss
your hair. let me be with . listen and hear me. hear this and hear this now.
If I do not return, i ask that you let me go. Do not dwell on me for I will see
you again. we will meet

8. the largest cloud in Heaven, watching
our children and our children's
children. Tonight, I speak in a different
tongue, I speak words of love.
Composed by my heart and soul.

9. I say them to you now. I say them to you and
you only. If I wrote them, I write
them for you. i will write them in the
most neat and luscious script with swirls
and loops. loops of infinite love.
Thank you. Thank you for loving me.
Thank you for giving thy body to me.

10. With my body, i thee worship.
With my sword, I thee protect.
I would crawl to the end of the
Earth and back if it would
make you happy. I shall swim
the ocean to get to you if thy
was in distress.

11. Take my hand. Remember the
feel of my hand in yours
Take these scissors. cut a
lock of my hair. keep this in
thy golden locket. No, no. I
will not cut a
lock of thy
luscious hair of
yours. So long and lust, it would be
a pity to damage it, even if it twer
but but a single hair, a single strand.
Such lovely is not to be
wasted on a
lowly sailor such as
me. You so
beautiful. Your
eyes, so bright.
look into my eyes.
let me feast upon
their beauty. They are
so beautiful. You are
lovely. You are a
lovely woman. I
am glad. I am
happy. I am happy
to be in love. Pass down my
words. When our
child is born. Pass
this down. But only
by word of mouth.
Name our child for
us. A meaningful
name. A name
as beautiful and
appealing to thine
ear as yours. let
it hold my sword.
let it have some
memory of its father
I am, I am going
to be a husband,

12. your husband. Your loving husband.
My darling, my sweetest heart,
I find myself in the situation
of having so much to say and
not knowing how to say it. but I
want to keep talking to you. I love you.
I want to keep telling you so. I never
want to stop but, alas, I know I must.
How can I end this? How can I
possibly sum up my feelings for you?
One word is all I need. love.
I have said it many a time
before

13. but I simply must
say it again.
love, the greatest thing
in the world and I am
lucky enough to be in
love and am loved by
you in return. I
love you. I love you more than life
itself. How
can I say
this... i love
you and know
I love you. I

14. go and fight for
you. I will fight for
you and our child. I
will fight to make
certain the world is
safe for you. dawn is upon us. I must go. I
must stop talking. Remember
what I have said to you.
Kiss me one last time. Say
my name. Pray for me and
I will pray for you. Good-
bye, my love. Farewell, my
dearest heart. Farewell my
lovely, beautiful love. Do not

15. worry. To worry is
foolish.
please, for i will be
back. I swear to it
that I will return. I love you with all my
heart. my whole heart
and soul. we are one.
Our minds, our hearts, our souls are one. I
belong to you and
you belong to me. Never
forget that. Now get some
sleep, rest your tired
eyes. i am not worth
loosing sleep over. Good
bye, my love, my precious
love. Good-bye. I will
forever and always love you.