Memories are golden

And golden is the past

Watch the autumn leaves fall

While they still last
 
 

So long does the sky fall

Gliding overhead

Spotted with silky clouds

In remembrance of the dead
 
 

Under this rainbow bridge

I watch the daylight fade away

Blocked out from my vision

Of buildings painted gray
 
 

Sweet, sweet motherland

Can’t you lead me somewhere?

For years I’ve followed paths

Leading to cold deserts, bare
 
 

Why can’t humanity sing

A softer lullaby?

Just a classic rhythm

To calm us when we cry
 
 

Dusk falls swiftly

Like a curtain navy blue…

This new world of mine

Is now a darker hue
 
 

Why-----

Can’t we stand…

Upon-----

This melting land?
 
 

Silence my words

Slicing through eternity

Numb and deaf I sing

Yet still I do not see
 
 

We have done ourselves wrong

Committing a crime

For years spreading

Leading us to our prime
 
 

Savor childhood

When we were still so young

Life is a ladder;

Each year is a rung
 
 

Heidi Holzbauer
© May 2005

Midi: "Golden Autumn"
Composer: Albert W. Ketèlbey
Sequencer: Eric Halstead
(www.musicforpianos.com)

Art: "Event 2"
Artist: Andrea Beech
(www.arikiart.com)