In That Abandoned Croft House On Harris (A-rithist) (Again - part 2)

It was a long time ago

Struggling to recall hazy details

Now faded into the mind's oblivion

But some things I remember 

With a burning clarity

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

I remember small details

A snapshot of that time

A smell, a touch, a look, a feeling

A memory repeating in my mind

A decade later, timeless

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

Years have passed, with little kindness

But it could have been yesterday

If I close my eyes I remember

In vivid detail how it was

Living on the island

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

The memory, shaded with regret

Evokes these feelings in me

All of these years later

I long to be back there

In a moment

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

I remember how his lips felt

The fabric of his shirt I held tight

His body pressed against mine

In the stillness, ghosts held their breath

In this moment that was ours alone

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

I wonder where he is now

What he's doing, who he's with

If he even remembers me

I wonder if he ever thinks

About the times we shared

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

What it could have been

If I had stayed, if I had tried

With him, with the island

Didn't think I'd still be wondering

After all this time, what if?

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

He was from the island where planes land on the beach

On Lewis for a holiday, a chance meeting

I thought I knew what I wanted, I was wrong

I married a woman years later, it didn't last

My type has always been Hebridean men twice my age

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

I moved to Lewis, a foreigner, 

I was out of place, unwelcome

The island broke my heart 

Far more than a lover ever did

But I will always remember the day

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

Everything's amplified on the Island

All the good �" and the bad

What happens in the Hebrides

Stays in the Hebrides

A slow, knowing smile across the Minch

In that abandoned croft house on Harris

The Hebrides changed me

In ways I didn't expect,

Here doesn't feel like home anymore

Left the island behind, didn't look back

But I left a piece of me there

In that abandoned croft house on Harris