AS I STILL AGE
AND GROW OLDER,
MY DAYS AND WEEKS
BLEND INTO ONE,
TIME SLIPS AWAY
AND GETTING COLDER.
A TRICKERY CAN'T BE UNDONE.
WE ALL EMERGE FROM
NATURE'S WOMB,
THOUGH ALL MY YEARS WERE
COUNTED TRUE,
RETURN TO HER ETERNAL TOMB.
AS NATURE'S WISDOM KEEPS ANEW.
THE WORLD CARRIES UNAWARE,
SOMETHING NEW HINDERS
MY OWN STRIDE,
MY SHADOW LOST IN ITS AFFAIR.
BREAKING LIKE THROUGH
EACH DAY, I HIDE.
WE ALL EMERGE FROM
NATURE'S WOMB,
THOUGH ALL MY YEARS WERE
COUNTED TRUE,
RETURN TO HER ETERNAL TOMB.
AS NATURE'S WISDOM KEEPS ANEW.
THE DAY WAS MANAGED
WITHOUT A CARE,
I UNDERSTAND THOUGH
IT FEELS IN VAIN,
I'M JUST A SPECK IN THIS,
I SWEAR.
I'M STILL AMONG PEOPLE,
NOT THE SAME.
WE ALL EMERGE FROM
NATURE'S WOMB,
THOUGH ALL MY YEARS WERE
COUNTED TRUE,
RETURN TO HER ETERNAL TOMB.
AS NATURE'S WISDOM KEEPS ANEW.
RETREATING TO
THE HILLS AND GROVES,
BEING ALONE WITH
NATURE'S EMBRACE,
WHERE FALLEN LEAVES
ON SNOW BEHOVE.
IT'S FRIENDLIER THAN
HUMAN RACE.
WE ALL EMERGE FROM
NATURE'S WOMB,
THOUGH ALL MY YEARS WERE
COUNTED TRUE,
RETURN TO HER ETERNAL TOMB.
AS NATURE'S WISDOM KEEPS ANEW.