A bird sings, alone on a branches
on this abandoned tree
when all its fellows have left, scattered, for distant lands.

The silence of their songs quivers the air
knowledge of their sound tells,
they are gone.

The sun shines down, then brightens again
on bright stars, the echo
of an empty courtyard.

If you have heard the wind whisper
shaking green leaves and branches, you know
secret whispers of friendship
have fallen, silent.

Now trees, flowers and stone
and dancing bubbling fountain too
all stand still, waiting
this quiet-aired late summer afternoon.



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