Annabel Lee Redux

It was many and many a year ago
  In a kingdom by the sea
That a man there lived whom you may know
  Who says he knows a lot about me
He claims I had no other thought in my mind
  Than the seemingly all-important love from he

We were both young, which might explain
  How I was so thoughtlessly naïve
To be swept away with words and sweet nothings-
  And a desperate need to believe
We used fancy phrases and eloquence abound
  To describe a story of “We”

And this was the reason that, long ago,
  In this kingdom by the sea
I didn’t mind having a reasonable excuse
  To escape quite completely
I understand it wasn’t the most thoughtful thing
  But understand, neither was he
He shut me up in his material convictions
  In that “kingdom” by the sea

The angels in Heaven, hopefully having sense
  Should be able to see
The reason (as very few men then knew,
  When they dragged women off to the sea)
Was that I just couldn’t take being held back any more
  So I let fate kill quaint Annabel Lee

Our love could indeed be called quite a love
  It was the same of those older than we
  (But not of those wiser than we)
And neither those great teachers of logic
  Or even of straight equality
Can make the man realize I have hear and soul
  That I’m more than just Annabel Lee

He can use descriptions of night and speak of dreams
  But I’m more than just Annabel Lee
He can eye my looks with sight that’s actually quite blind
  But I’m more than just Annabel Lee
He would indeed lie with me at night by my side
He may have expected his own Cinderella-like bride
  But his vision was then lost to the sea
  Locked away in that damned shallow sea