Goodbye, Goodbye

 

Let us lay down 

on a bed of timothy grass

Play away our day 

til' the sun rises again

 

You ask, what is the sun?

 

A ball between our fingers 

bounced away as we blinked

 

A scorching little flower

bloomed to flare our wings

 

Across the river

woods of evergreen

In there, you used to 

not run, not walk, but fly 

with your fledgling wings

thus into the shades  

Across the river

 

To walk under the sun, 

you walk with your feet

like anyone else

you’ll learn to blend in

 

You ask, why you had to leave

“As the world under the sun

is no better than this”

 

But...

you see, the woods are silent 

you see, the world is too  

 

Silly, you are, for asking

no one can answer you

 

But silly, 

you can 

leave here as you leave, 

a little scrap of thee

True, innocent, simple,

One that is pristine

 

Cradle it in my arms 

adorn it with flower buds

pray it stays the same 

will neither grow nor wane 

 

Goodbye, goodbye 

now we must be parted 

My friend, my dear, 

please stay young and loving