HE LOST SPRINGShelley Fines . . It can't be springtime . . . Wasn't it yesterday Springtime meant the roses In the kingdom far away. Along the boulevard The petals fell like rain Crushed into their mother earth They'll never bloom again. The children reached for sunshine Tried to drive the clouds away But springtime painted innocence In blood and shades of grey. Forgive my sadness when you tell me That it's spring again But springtime took the children And turned magic into rain. With springtime should come happiness But that will never be 'Cause a mother's tears And a dragon's smile Are springtime now for me. -------------------------- |