Missa's Lament, or The Sea Is Dark And Deep

There’s more to life than love More to desire than flesh There’s more to freedom than joy And more to birthing than life I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep My children cried for fear Protection had they none In the lands of the enemy All of their future was gone I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep He was the magical center Of the enemy’s power and might I couldn’t free others while he Was vigilant and alert I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep I’d plans upon plans Plans to evade his grip Magic that I’d learned from him I’d used to gather and keep I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep My people slowly gathered Once their hearts I had freed By a thousand acts of daring By a thousand hidden risks I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep Back to the world of my birth Where we could live without fear All was readied to lead them there In the dark of night concealed I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep Alas in the night he woke My love in the dark perceived His power with mine opposed My dagger clinched the deed I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep Upon a hurried portal Through ragged magical tear Running and pushing and carrying Most of us escaped there I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep Back in the world of my birth Back with the people I knew Through their hatred and their fear I led them as best I could I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep In the coils of defense And war my youth was ragged And beaten In the shields and the defense My mind was spent and eaten I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep Through it all I craved my love His memory held and cherished The grief and guilt and the cold Of a life without companion I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep And now that the work is done Now that Elly has a king And an archmage is trained Both of them of my own blood I dream of my love at night And by day I mourn my deed Atop this cliff it ends In Lirridar’s rocky shores There’s the cliff and there’s the sea Here’s to mourning no more I do confess that I loved But the sea is dark and deep