ciryl for levi celerio

the language of the leaves
music upon your lips
that will silence the skylarks
and nightingales
i know you
only through your songs
you were Peter Pan-like
a leaf player/singer
and like a leaf
you grow old from goldeth green
into summer gold
the last note is heard
a leaf is plucked from a tree
muted like a broken flute
the singer is gone
but his music still remains
i have no voice to sing of you
but this i made in your honour
to pass into eclipse
sometimes from now
i will see you among the leaves
in some glade or garden
in the meantime
this is goodbye
i will not sorrow
without you here tomorrow
it is God's desire
for you to join His choir


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