Fool's Paradise There is a lovely island with glistening, shifting sands With palms and grasses swaying To breezes of romance The water's azure brilliance Against the ivory beach Compels me to the shoreline Where love's just out of reach I toss aside my garments And dive into the sea And swim with all my ardor To where your craft I see Out anchored in the harbor So far from all that's known I race out there to meet you I swim, but swim alone I long to sail the ocean To view a foreign shore To taste exotic flavors To wonder nevermore I thirst for pleasure's secrets A hidden rendezvous I long to feel the passion I only feel with you And then the waves close over In salty tears I drown Your ship has sailed without me And I must die alone Poetry