A Songbird's Ode To Autumns Gone

As winter's gloom descends upon the trees Autumn slumbers 'neath the fallen leaves Spring's distant dream is yet to be perceived As trees weep in the cold silence of their grief Autumn slumbers 'neath the fallen leaves As a lone bird sings a melancholy song The trees weep in the cold silence of their grief To a songbird's ode to autumns gone As a lone bird sings a melancholy song A sad song within my heart is born As I hear the songbird's ode to autumns gone That echoes in the twilight until morn A sad song within my heart is born As winter's frost through the forest spawns The songbird's ode to autumn echoes until morn Before it takes its envied flight to warmer dawns As winter's frost through the forest spawns Spring's distant dream is yet to be perceived Then the songbird takes its envied flight to warmer dawns As winter's gloom descends upon the trees ~~ Joseph May ----------------------------------------------------