tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11697513.post-1118727489818369472005-06-14T00:36:00.000-05:002005-06-14T00:38:09.833-05:00I laid you to rest<br />On the shores of the lake<br />And there shall you sleep<br />Forever<br />I failed to know you<br />Through little fault of my own<br />And my sorrow comes in fearing<br />That will be my excuse<br />For all who I lay to rest<br />On the shores of the lake.<br /><br />On the shores of the lake<br />The sun will trace the day<br />And chasing it, the moon at night<br />Venus in the evening, Mars in the morning<br />Planes in the air and rockets in space<br />And the grass will grow unchecked<br />And the flowers will wither<br />And the weeds will colonize<br />The shores of the lake.<br /><br />As you rest there unmoving<br />The world shall move around you<br />And your fruit shall bear fruit<br />Then their fruit shall bear fruit<br />And all will ripen<br />And seed<br />Then wither<br />All in turn will go to rest<br />On the shores of the lake.<br /><br />And the world will keep moving<br />And the grass will keep growing<br />The mountains will rise<br />The valleys will fall<br />The lake will go dry<br />And with it the flowers<br />The stone with your name<br />Will always be there<br /><br />And though it may wear smooth<br />The seeds of the fruit that we<br />Cannot yet dream of<br />Will someday find a hill of stones<br />On the shores of a lake<br />And if they remember the trees<br />That have borne them<br />They will know you as I did<br />I hope they will know you better.Antihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02770890030858695961noreply@blogger.com3