Magic, When Such Leaves Without a Trace
Magic, When Such Leaves Without A Trace
That fall, my friend's older brother died,
sun rose all shining that day and sky
looked down as he feel to ground and cried
he had no chance to say a good-bye
from graveyard day until that new Spring
he uttered not another word
he saw not life nor love in a damn thing
and hated singing from the songbirds,
that summer, something broke, alive he came
walk as if he had found new life
he entered again into this world's game
love came, he soon found his wife,
what of sorrow and its long hard embrace
the chills and pains that crack hearts
magic, when such leaves without a trace
and winds of life and love restarts.
Robert J. Lindley, 1976
Subject--Death and Life, mysteries and dance...
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2017
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