When Green Fades to Grey

Yearning and confusion tug at the heartstrings with this poem that echoes bygone times.

09-01-'11

When the world is cold

And the stars are old

And our souls be lonelier still

Take me by the hand and lead me away,

Away to the window sill

 

Where the outside is bright

And the leaves are still green

Where my heart was still fresh

And the leaves in youth

Remain forever still

 

Where love isn’t lost

But found and won

Where hearts are forever

Laughing and gay

Where smiles still be merry

And smoke is away

Where mirrors lay broken and shattered by day

 

Yet when the night comes

There comes but a cry

The veriest, most lonely cry of the night

The night of misuse and of greatest lies,

Where secrets remain as smoke to the fires

And yet may it be

And yet be it may

 

I will love you forever still

When the green leaves turn grey.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Underestimated]

It's beautiful, I'll tell you that. I guess the topic could be more clear, the end line does give it away, but some lines don't pretain perfectly to the topic. Since at first I think it's about making you happy again, but then it changes into something else. Maybe that's how it is, but I still love it and you have insanely incredible talent.