The Beggar

Standing out on the edge All liquored up and sick of it all Feeling like a lesser star You let your bitter verses fall Down into the water The sword into the stone It was all the same to you now A pearl or an eye, coral or bone The ocean conquers everything A holy truth, but not wholly true And, all your bitter verses, like a silver vessel They outlasted you They outlasted you So tonight I follow your ghost I hear the wind I smell the brine I carry my burden like a candle All these bitter verses of mine Down into the water The sword into the stone It was all the same to you now A pearl or an eye, coral or bone And if it's all the same to you Then it's all the same to me If it's all the same to you Then it's all the same to me