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SUMMER SHOWERS
To contemplate upon each passing birthday
With an air of childish gratitude
Is indeed pitiful
Rather methinks
Thy spirit should wander freely
To be where thy love waits humbly
But whenst our love is nothing more
Than a headstone on a lonely plain
Methinks I should like to be rain
Seeping quietly, to where they heart lies
Resting peaceful..
Better thou thinkst to be with thee
Than stark and grey, an ageing tree
Better to be as a summer's day
To warm thy body where it lay
Thy restless spirit shalt never leave
Stone cottage, dew-drop window eve
Greenest meadow, wheat, sunny day
Where childish souls for eternity play
For better than existing each dark hour
Is to be with thee in a summer shower
As long as there be blue breezy days
Thy spirit will stay close to thee
... Always. |
