VIOLIN SONG - Aline Murray Kilmer Poems

 
 

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VIOLIN SONG

The thing that I am seeking
    I know I shall not find;
A wistful voice is crying
    This sorrow in my mind.
I know I shall not find it
    However far I go,
But I shall always seek it --
    My heart has told me so.

Though I must always wander
    I do not find it sweet;
There is no journey's ending
    To draw my restless feet.
There is no distant vision
    To help me on my way;
I know my quest is hopeless
    And yet I may not stay.

The thing that I am seeking
    Should not be far to seek.
I hear this haunting echo
    Through every word I speak.
So I shall always seek it
    Down all the roads I go,
But I shall never find it --
    My heart has told me so.