PENELOPE'S SONG, by Loreena McKennitt

Music and lyric: Loreena McKennitt- An Ancient Muse

Now that the time has come

Soon gone is the day

There upon some distant shore

You’ll hear me say

Long as the day in the summer time

Deep as the wine dark sea

I’ll keep your heart with mine.

Till you come to me.

There like a bird I‘d fly

High through the air

Reaching for the sun’s full rays

Only to find you there

And in the night when our dreams are still

Or when the wind calls free

I’ll keep your heart with mine

Till you come to me

Now that the time has come

Soon gone is the day

There upon some distant shore

You’ll hear me say

Long as the day in the summer time

Deep as the wine dark sea

I’ll keep your heart with mine.

Till you come to me

A SPECIAL NOTE: This song reminds me Penelope, wife of Odysseus, waiting for her man on the shore, for ages. Actually, the story behind is the song of Odysseus' and Penelope's love to each other.

Especially, the last stanza of the chorus part affects me deaply. I remember some good and bad memories of love(s) that I have. I question myself; how long will a body, a human being; or a soul, a heart wait for the lover? Yet, I realized that "she" holds "his" heart till he comes to her. So, if "he" asks her to keep it with "hers", that means "he" will be there soon... To get his heart again; or to feel his heart with "hers"... It means, there's still a hope.

However, all of my hopes usually fade so quickly and there, a cracked heart remains. I know that, I can't turn someone back unless "he" comes. Then, I let all the winds blow as they wish. Time will flow freely. And... I will keep my heart... Only mine; till "he" comes and gives his heart to me.