This Timeless Place

THIS TIMELESS PLACE

Diamonds on the velvet

Starlight in the black

A valley steeped in history

Far from the beaten track

Strawberries in the water

Crystals on the sea

This timeless place of mystery

This secret I can see

I come here to slay my demons

Heaven's eyes will stare them down

Now I know the magic of believing

Now I hear the beauty of no sound





In a place where witches gather

In a grave of shipwrecked souls

I found a taste that I can savour

And I turned off life's controls

In the warm Atlantic sunlight

In the wild and sea green air

Did I try to touch the moonlight

This timeless place can take me there

This timeless place that we can share





An ocean like a mirror

But a stranger in the glass

A mouth that's always welcome

Swallows my dreams at last

A wind that seems to whisper

Blows a cyclone in my mind

And when you are like a hurricane

All my thoughts can then unwind

I didn't come to find redemption

But it came and found me here

I can see but almost blind myself

When that starlit sky's so clear





I saw the place where witches guard us

I saw the mariners of Arbroath

The world marches on regardless

But now I'm haunted by their ghosts

In the warm Atlantic sunlight

In the wild and deep blue sky

For the love of gold and moonlight

This timeless place won't pass you by

This timeless place won't let you die





She watches beauty through my eyes

She reads the words that I would write

And she knows there is no curse

The sights and thoughts were always hers

She saw the ghosts of sailors in my mind

She smelt their death within my sight

And she knows that they are at peace

She knows their souls have found release

Sailors on the turquoise

Widows wrapped in black

A witch that's never vanquished

And death wears its usual mac

She smiled and kissed a mariner

An Arbroath smokie who might steam

He bucked and kicked like a stallion

In a wet and deathly dream





In a place where witches gather

Near where those sailors died

My god! I've dreamed of changes

That spells and sails now sanctify

This timeless place in the Atlantic

This ocean wave and wild blue wind

This timeless place is so romantic

This timeless place where love begins





And those mariners of Arbroath

Seem to listen through the years

I can almost hear them swear that oath

I can almost hear them crying tears





In a place where witches gather

A timeless place where sailors lie

Their sight is blind to changes

But our night's eyes cannot comply

In the bright stars of the Atlantic

I fell again in love with life

This timeless place is so romantic

This timeless place

This timeless place

This timeless place

This timeless place within my sight













Words of Wisdom........" The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come"