Love Across A Manmade Border

 Our homes were once as far away as night and day
With one in the dark and the other in light

But we found a twilight land
Somewhere between your world and mine
Where we could dream and share

We met there and echoed our emotions
Our desire mingled without restraint
Our hours measured in gay abandon
By a clock that sang our songs of love

And before the morning sun could rise
And throw light on our entwined embrace
You'd brush off sand and toss your hair
And walk silently across the no mans' land.

O dearest how well I knew your thoughts
It was as if they were mine
How gaily you responded to my songs
Like a bird that knows its lover's call.

But even in our secluded haven
We could be hunted down and found
Family and all their evil search men
Would one day track us down in hate.

I would see you blinded and led away
Hurt, taunted and even lashed
Taken far beyond the vulture's line
To leave our hearts with no more use