Salty tears

And salt water

Forgive me now

O my fathers

Hear my voice

As it comes unto thee

I am coming soon—

This life I shall leave

They hate me so

They hiss as I walk by

They glare at me

I want to cry

But I must be strong

For I am king

The bards they strum

And about me they sing

My vision wavers

The salt—it stings

Why now must I reminisce

When only pain it brings?

The voices I hear

They sound so distant

And now I fear

Perhaps I missed it

What if, as I lose my breath

They are filled now

With black regret

Wondering how

They could save me

From these tears I shed

So slowly now

For soon I shall be dead

The water is rippling

Over my head

I feel the angels calling me

As I lie in this watery bed

My throat, it burns

I cannot see

Please, child, I beg you

Shed just one tear for me