The Iron Republic Part 6: The Sea Of Gold

She was devastated But she tried to move on Though her heart was lost She married Mr Barrington Her Mother and her Father Thought it might be better If they left the Republic And travelled to America Melancholy It was folly He could not reach her On his knees he beseeched her He tried to break through the sadness she felt He feared that her mind would slowly unwind He cradled her and tried to make her see The music she could hear was just a fantasy She would not drink, she would not eat For days she refused to speak With brief clarity she would apologise But she'd lost the fire in her eyes He cradled her and tried to make her see The music she could hear was just a fantasy But it played on and on around her head She couldn't hear the words that he said Professor Hallam's muse would rather be dead Than live in a world where All the hymns had been sung And the words had been read The race had been run And at the setting of the sun She slipped from his grasp A mountain of Ice and snow Loomed up from the water line Two pinnacles like crystal spires Cathedral of glass sublime The black sea sobbed and moaned At the base of the giant berg Above the wind sang about the ice Her music could now be heard He begged the crew to leave him with The marble Queen upon her crystal throne But cruel in their kindness they dragged him away Back to the ship and back to home Aurora sprang up around them The black sea it turned to gold The crystal mausoleum far behind His story to be told