Things Thought Dead

Things Thought Dead

Winter’s yellow grass captivates the eye

As if in mourning, gray turns the sky

Traces remain in the empty flower bed

Of summer’s flowers now long dead

Pieces of a broken heart are scattered

Having lost everything that really mattered

Feelings we once had now lie in state

There paying their respects, is our fate

The things we have lost took their toll

We’ve even laid our laughter in a hole

But my oh my, what a wonderful surprise

When things thought dead suddenly arise

When that lonely and empty leafless tree

Is covered once again with leaves to see

Chance brings another someone to you

A cold stony heart suddenly flutters a new

Humor cries, “come forth,” at laughter‘s tomb

You gasp when your laughter fills the room

For friendship’s long forgotten feel

Now revived again, seems barely real

The yellow grass is now lush and green

Flowers are blooming with colors unseen

And happy tears are what now fill our eyes

When things thought dead suddenly arise