tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53732791449311630522023-11-16T05:48:28.339-08:00"The Island of Romance" by Michael James FryKarlovema - Michael James Fryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955686265903671316noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373279144931163052.post-26948525230236193502013-05-21T06:45:00.000-07:002013-05-21T06:45:58.749-07:00"The Island of Romance" by Michael James Fry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>The Island of Romance<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Michael James Fry</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">My
ship found home at the crack of dawn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">on
the Island of Romance.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">I
began to roam on this dreamlike world<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">where
rainbows and waterfalls dance.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Passion
shouts as my heart reaches out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">to
embrace any trace of song or show ~<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Dewdrops
fall on my eyes like tears;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh,
the years and fears of long ago.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">As
I walk through the trees I sense a sweet breeze<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">that
will seduce until my death . . . <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">While
I follow the smell my heart tells me<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">that
this is where we will meet:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">my
soul and the breeze of life, your breath.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">The
air here is thin and yet from within<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">I
know this is where I belong ~<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">My
breath is alive and I know I’ll survive<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">for
your breeze preserves my song.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Time
fades away as day grows to night,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">the
brightest light trickles out from your eyes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">My
mind lives free and knows no fright ~<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"> Our bond is no surprise.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">And
there you are as fresh as a rose,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">with
the moon shining down from above<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">as
bright as a star when your arms enclose me<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">to
your hair ~ my blanket of love.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s
as if I were born to make love to you ~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">forever
enchanting, the greatest exploration of all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">When
two souls become one, what can I do?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Either
rise and cry, or smile and fall.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">You
seduce me, enhance me . . . </span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">You
hypnotize me and romance me ~<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">My
soul is trapped in your heart.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Fate
dealt me this hand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">and I hope I’ve played it well;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">it
brought me to this land instead of hell ~<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Together
forever and never apart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">And here we are ~<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">after having travelled so far.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Me, a lonely sailor, guided by your star,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">and you ~ <em>The Mother of The Island of Romance.<o:p></o:p></em></span></div>
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