Elegy For The Principal

 Winter fell so slowly 

And, so cruel was it’s fall 

Spreading silently, like inkblots of poison in the blood 

Or cancers biting at the bod. 

It rustled through the land. 

And we who watched from here across 

Saw nothing but the smile of autumn leaves 

The august stature of the trees 

The faithful voice of burdened breeze.

We Mistook strength for ease. 

We mistook the autumn for the spring 

The battle for the victory 

The martyr for a king. 

And then one day we heard, you and I 

The steel cold lament of the wind 

It’s soulless bite announcing that 

Winter had set upon the land. 

And winter rules and winter stays.

Or so it seemed, or so it seemed 

Until like morning after dream 

Once more sweet with memory 

Ladden in melody 

Springtime came to bloom and we heard that voice resound