Virginia near the beach

Virginia near the beach

I pulled my love close

to me,

Her eyes never turned from

the horizon

at Norfolk near the sea.

How far to the horizon?

I asked my love

she said,

It’s forever to the horizon

forever and a day.

Not how long to the horizon,

I mean

How far away?

It’s forever to the horizon,

forever I say.

Virginia near the beach

I turned my loves eyes away,

But she never lost sight

of the horizon

at Norfolk near the sea.

How distant is your heart?

I asked my love

she said,

My heart is there on the horizon,

there, not far away.

But you said the horizon is

forever,

forever and a day.

How can something be so close

and yet so far away?

you cannot see my heart?

no I can’t my love,

You cannot reach the horizon?

no, its too far away.

Oh, but it’s close enough

to touch.

What more can I say?

There’s nothing more to say my love

nothing more to say.

Virginia near the beach

I set my love free,

and set sail for the horizon

as Norfolk near the sea.