DON'T GO IN THERE



Wearily he trudged along
Wandering through the haze.
Grasping trees
Tore at his clothes
The Moon held him
In her gaze.
Gasping for breath
He called her name
Rhoswen ...  
Where have you gone?
The only answer was the
Whispering breeze
And still he struggled on.
Beyond the crumbling cottage
Where blood red roses grew
Echoing shadows of happier times
When love was ever new
Tangled branches
Clutched and tore
Sapping his intent
While hope yet burned
Within his heart but
Anguished was his lament
As his faltering footsteps
Battled on
Through mud and foggy dew
Until he came upon the sign
What it read he never knew 
"dčan cha rach anns an seo"
He could  not know what it said
He did not know
"Don't go in there" 
Was the message
That it read.
Beyond the sign 
He saw his love
Floating in the mire
He tried to run 
But his legs were leaden ...
So strong was his desire that
He flung himself beside her there
He held her as he knelt
His tears fell hot upon her cheek
But alas she never felt
The warmth of droplets
Infused with love
Coldness touched her brow
Her eyes were vacant, staring
But unseeing, empty now.
And so he sank 
Beside her there
Deep within the mire
Forever now embraced in love
As had been his desire.
And spectres now they 
Wander there
Beyond that miserable sign
If they had known
"Don't go in there"
Their hearts would still entwine
But now their lonely
Wretched souls
Wander ever more
In that sordid, sorrowful place
Pitiful and forlorn.