The Shores of Loneliness

What do you do

When you're feeling restless?
I think I know what you're going through.
Who's calling you?
Aren't you're tired of searching
For a love you can hold onto?

You could take a chance

And bridge the wide expanse,

The mountain between us;
Why do these old fears lead us

To the shores of loneliness,
Fearful of the future, dreams undone.
It's a cold emptiness,
An endless night awaiting the dawning sun. 

Sometimes I dream
Of a love so tender,
And a peace like I've never known;
A moonlit sea,

An enraptured surrender.
But then I wake and I'm still alone.

Storms encircle me;
Dreams abandon me;
My thoughts start drifting;
My hopes are shifting

On the shores of loneliness,
Fearful of the future, dreams undone.
It's a cold emptiness,
An endless night awaiting the dawning sun. 

I've seen you on the other side

Of this uncharted isle, this wearisome dream.

, and yet we hide

Loneliness remains our mutual theme.

[instrumental interlude]

Do you know I'm here?

But I keep drifting;

My hopes are shifting

On the shores of loneliness,
Fearful of the future, dreams undone.
It's a forlorn emptiness,
An endless night that longs for the morning sun. 


David Acosta © 2021

Sweet Summer Sigh

Breezy, balmy love,

In your realm my soul delights;

Let me dwell beside you evermore.

Sunlit, silent love,

Lead me to your blissful heights;

Let me glimpse that soul-reviving shore.

Oh, lift me high; 

Change my point of view.

I'll reach the sky

And float away with you.

And I'll leave behind my woeful defenses,

As your sweet love overwhelms my senses...

Like a soothing summer lullabye,

Like a hazy daydream in July,

Like a sanctuary in the sky,

Like a salty sea's sweet summer sigh.

Timeless, tender love;

Spirit-wind, I must confess:

Without you my soul's a des'late place.

Hearty, hope-hued love;

Come warm the cold, colorless,

Wintry world within me with your grace.

Oh, lift me high; 

Change my point of view.

I'll reach the sky

And float away with you.

And I'll leave behind my woeful defenses,

As your sweet love overwhelms my senses...

Like a soothing summer lullabye,

Like a hazy daydream in July,

Like a sanctuary in the sky,

Like a salty sea's sweet summer sigh.

Like a soothing summer lullabye,

Like a hazy daydream in July,

Like a sanctuary in the sky,

Like a salty sea's sweet summer sigh.

© 2021 David Acosta