Rescinded

I wrote once to a nightingale A hawk tore my song apart Pledged with a feather, neér to fail To soothe my broken heart The talon raw still drips with blood The foggy lies like feathers flies Tears make a man only better mud I hope there is no empty skies. Snakes are in the ancient nest Nor egg nor nestling comes again The song is stone within the breast A gift of stone I shall not own again The serpent hisses, the hawk sleeps I know when a season is truly done What I gave my honor forever keeps The serpent winks and smile at the sun