Long gone

Forest song

The birds were singing.

The lake it strummed,

The trees were listening,

And the animals hummed.

To be purely present

Is to hear the forest song.

To be cautiously curious 

Is to know the forest song.

While nature is humming 

its secret song.

Some poor fools are failing 

to sing along.

Only those who are present

may hear it once.

And shiver in the presence

Of the forest song.

July

We fell in love

In the month of July,

We were just kids,

And the days passed us by.

Living in a small town.

Eating ice cream and pie.

I see them so rosy,

As they long passed by.

We have withered

And our bond did break.

No cake for us,

All we did was age.

Now, when July arrives,

I cry and remember

days long gone by.