Embers of Time

Spring gave birth to blooms of youth That grew with each drop of rain Bringing joy to sunshine's truth And basking in its warm refrain Youthful days flew by on summer breeze Energized by flames of the sun Blue skies smiled down on the trees And clouds gathered round for fun Then youth gave way to those autumn years As the flames of the sun grew weak Our hair, like the leaves, soon disappeared As we slipped from youth's sunny peak Then winter brought the twilight years And we shivered in its frosty clime Some trees fell from wear and tear Their final passage, through the embers of time ----