Whenever, my soul like a shrunken dream br Wonders and waits with wasted breath br Destiny beckons on but the road is long br And at the end lies only, only death br br Now and then a diamond in the dust br Sparkles with quiet passion br Blossoms colour my dreams br Life is far from all it seems br br Paltry rhymes, simple songs, hasty verses br Coming from God knows where br And going on to rocky streams and a pebbled shore br Surely living meant far, far more. br br Far away, waves crash in the misty cold br A flagging swimmer, a hallucinating teenager br A tired woman wait for their lives to unfold.