Lady Of Destiny
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O great lady of destiny, today i call thee,
to place thy cold hands upoun me,
to bear me up in thy arms and fly me far away,
and consummate my life, i ask thee today.
Place thy hands upoun my clammy arms,
and in a hug, heal me, of all my lasting qualms,
Place thy lips upoun my parched mouth,
so the world may see through this verse uncouth.
Thou art said to be the bane of humanity,
though a night in thee would last me an eternity.
And the world, though it may fear and shun you,
My love I shall hold thee like the woods of yew.
I courted many a lass, once in my lives,
yet you were ever there, bearing witness with thy eyes,
That thou were in the end my only lasting muse,
and in your eyes would this life lose its allure.
And to this day, my beloved, I knew this not,
that you were my only solace, my peace, never sought,
But now i cognize thee to be greater than all,
though you may prove to be my only lasting fall.
Yet why deep within myself, the fire still burns,
though you have ravaged me countless times to date,
Tis' a travesty, O greatest lady of all living fates,
that they would still find no peace beyond thy gates.
For in thy arms, while they last, lasting peace they get,
and in thy bosom, they bury themselves and thier fates,
Till a day comes when, tired of them all, you now shun,
away from those souls as a new web is now spun.
And then you cast them aside into the valley deep,
to earn and learn and make and break, and ever reap,
all the sins commited, but in thy kiss unmade,
still though the tears may dry, the memory never fades.
And you leave those wretched men, to be by themselves,
as you court a thousand more, thy fidelity now fails,
Still though you may be a whore that ravages men,
in thee peace can be found, that i miss by this glen.
So i ask thee to come and bear me far away,
where the winds of fate, wont hold me in sway,
but this time I beg thee for an everlasting kiss
O Death ! Now bear me forever on thy lips...
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Ajinkya Mate
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O great lady of destiny, today i call thee,
to place thy cold hands upoun me,
to bear me up in thy arms and fly me far away,
and consummate my life, i ask thee today.
Place thy hands upoun my clammy arms,
and in a hug, heal me, of all my lasting qualms,
Place thy lips upoun my parched mouth,
so the world may see through this verse uncouth.
Thou art said to be the bane of humanity,
though a night in thee would last me an eternity.
And the world, though it may fear and shun you,
My love I shall hold thee like the woods of yew.
I courted many a lass, once in my lives,
yet you were ever there, bearing witness with thy eyes,
That thou were in the end my only lasting muse,
and in your eyes would this life lose its allure.
And to this day, my beloved, I knew this not,
that you were my only solace, my peace, never sought,
But now i cognize thee to be greater than all,
though you may prove to be my only lasting fall.
Yet why deep within myself, the fire still burns,
though you have ravaged me countless times to date,
Tis' a travesty, O greatest lady of all living fates,
that they would still find no peace beyond thy gates.
For in thy arms, while they last, lasting peace they get,
and in thy bosom, they bury themselves and thier fates,
Till a day comes when, tired of them all, you now shun,
away from those souls as a new web is now spun.
And then you cast them aside into the valley deep,
to earn and learn and make and break, and ever reap,
all the sins commited, but in thy kiss unmade,
still though the tears may dry, the memory never fades.
And you leave those wretched men, to be by themselves,
as you court a thousand more, thy fidelity now fails,
Still though you may be a whore that ravages men,
in thee peace can be found, that i miss by this glen.
So i ask thee to come and bear me far away,
where the winds of fate, wont hold me in sway,
but this time I beg thee for an everlasting kiss
O Death ! Now bear me forever on thy lips...
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Ajinkya Mate
