It has all passed
It was over by the seconds last
Breath of air
Shed of tears
Silent wrath
In rage
It has all gone
It all faded out with the dying dawn
The heath of whores
The bath of boredom
Suddle slivers
Of hope
Yet when the nightingale sings its tune
We take time to stare at the glowing moon
We take time to see the slingering fumes
Rising up from our cups of coffee
We take time to remember our children
We take time to remember that old oak tree
There the nightingale sits, perched in abliss
Singing songs that take us away
To the days of our youth
Singing songs that will wake up our ways
To the days of refuge
Singing songs that will make up for waste
Singing songs that will lessen our haste
Singing songs that will bless our dull taste
And let us live our life anew
Yet when the nightingale does come along
All the new hope that it brings in its song
All the new hope that it so lightly weaves
All of this hope falls away when it leaves
When it flies into the grim and grey sky
And we mournfully wave it goodbye
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