// In my veins I've felt the mystery // Of corridors of time, books of history // Life songs of ages throbbing in my blood // Have danced the rhythm of the tide and flood // // Your misty clouds, your electric storm // Were turbulent tempests in my own form // I've licked the salt, the bitter, the sweet // Of every encounter, of passion, of heat // Your riotous color, your fragrance, your taste // Have thrilled my senses beyond all haste //