Lament for Lost Friends
Listen, can you hear it- The deafening silence That engulfs the forest- Where are the denizens My furry-footed companions Whom my heart fondly recalls?
Look up, do you see it- A baffling quietude That fills the barren sky- Where have its flyers gone My velvet-winged comrades Whose absence aches my soul? Have they chosen to flee The cruelty of mankind Whose unmatched apathy Extends even to their own kind Or were they all banished By the same callousness? I know not what befell them My hopes of meeting them once more Are gone; my heart is sad and cold, And my soul is shattered by the thought That life, ancient like the eternal stars So grand and so mysterious Will never be the same again. __________________ __________________