HERITAGE


		I CAME TO FIND MY PAST.
		TO RECLAIM A HERITAGE UNKNOWN.
		I AM A STRANGER HERE.

		THE MIST IS ALMOST CONSTANT,
		          PENETRATING MY VERY SOUL.
		I FEEL SO ALONE.

		A SOLITARY BIRD EMERGES FROM
		            THE GREY SHROUD.
		WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
		HOW DOES IT KNOW WHICH WAY
                            IS HOME?

		OH THAT I COULD FIND MY WAY
		THROUGH MY MERKY SOLITUDE.

		SLOWLY THE HEAVY HAZE
	 	           RELEASES THE LANDSCAPE.
		EVERYWHERE I SEE THE SPECTRE
		OF WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

		THE BEAUTY I LEFT BEHIND-
		         OR GAVE AWAY
		HAUNTS ME NOW AND WILL
			         FOREVERMORE.

		THIS ISLAND HELD SO MUCH FOR ME.
		IF I HAD CHOSEN HER
		WOULD SHE HAVE RETURNED
                                 MY DEVOTION?

		THE WAY OF LIFE IS SIMPLE HERE,
		                      YET HARSH.
		AND BECAUSE THIS ISLE CAN BE
                                   SO CRUEL
		THEY TAKE STRENGTH FROM THOSE AROUND.

		A COMMON ENEMY MAKETH FAST FRIENDS,
		AND THOSE WHO FIGHT THE 
			     SEA AND ROCK
		LEAN EACH ON THE OTHER
		AND LOVE BECAUSE THIS ISLE
                             HAS TAUGHT THEM SO.

		HER PEOPLE LOVE THIS LAND.
		WOULD I HAVE LOVED HER TOO?
		AH YES-FOR THIS BRIEF SPAN
		           HAS MADE IT SO.

		ALONE?   OH YES, I WAS.
		BUT INTO MY HEART THEY CAME-
		THE STRONG YET GENTLE ONES
		          WHO CALL THIS HOME.


			 ........jack gallop