So Brief the Time

The lilacs have come and gone, so brief was their time, fragile flowers like some, who seldom linger long, their purple prominence a pantomime of our springtime. Full heart-shaped clusters pump perfume so sublime a gift from heaven, mother nature can't prolong, the lilac has come and gone, so brief was their time. Harvest home to birthing butterflies in sunny climes brought low by the battering rain of May’s swan song, their purple prominence a pantomime of our springtime. Unmated, virginal, a merry gift, most sacred in its prime a rust red blight upon the cloth, a crown of thorns once gone, the lilacs have come and gone so brief was their time. Let shoots reform and hollowed make a flute to pass time to cheer our mother merry and sooth the wearied throng, their purple prominence a pantomime of our springtime Like they, we spring forth, summer, fall and wintertime may our seed justly arise in the beauty of heart song, The lilacs have come and gone so brief was their time, their purple prominence a pantomime of our springtime