Sanctuary

Take me away from here
for I yearn to die.
Let me stay in thy eternal slumber
in true peace I will lie.
The world no longer holds
the trifle things I need.
There remains no love for me
nor any for my deed.

Give me relief from all this
these miseries around.
Grant me thy sactuary
within this holy ground.
In the sky, the birds will fly;
in the sea, fish will swim.
Slowly will my lifes light
begin to fade and dim.

A cool breeze flows through
as dawns the night.
T'would be a pity to waste this air
on one such worthless light.
Have mercy, my Lord
on those who bore me.
Let the tide come once more
and wash their sorrow into the sea.