One Light Retreating - Elder

Golden leaf wrapped around the neck, idly turning

Reaching for the sky to touch the sun again

Drunken innocence, somatic senses corroding

Roots that yearn to wander and reclaim

Wander on

Floating through the world we made before it’s gone

Walk along

One last time to say goodbye

Wander on

Floating through the world we made before it’s gone

Walk along

One last time to say goodbye

Footsteps echo on

In perpetuum

An age of halcyon

Fades into the past