A Distant Melancholy

A chick plucked off its wing Down the tall oak branches it sung A song sung nigh free of yearning Down the hazy amber elm til its life hung Near the shore, a kindred spirit melted its last candle Melted under the dark night sky, its damping light drew him closer Resuscitating his clockwork, its hand ticked, he threw himself in the shore, without a single ripple A short-lived sight of a light that chose to fly away, and away, further, and further I took a stroll down an old park, visited by a dream ever so distant With ideals buried asunder, I selfishly blew those old autumn roses, greenheads who lost their vigor I dare not to turn back, a bent world was left with carvings reduced to a remnant With time and life that will soon disappear, I yearn that lost feeling of fervor