My Rose Gray (revised)
You have a misty lorn in your moss-green eyes,
wait for me, my Rose Gray,
as it's the King crab season in the wintry
cruel Bering Sea.
My promise of love I'll keep,
and I'll bring you a sterling silver
engagement ring adorned with thistle,
my Scots-Irish gift from God's Highlands,
as it's the King crab season in the wintry
cruel Bering Sea.
My soft, delicate Rose Gray,
snow clouds gather,
heavy with silver,
and I dream a fisherman's vision,
of the pallid moon of mourning,
and the deep of the tossing waves,
mariner's spirits in her keep,
the cold, cold salt spray stinging
my chapped lips,
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