I Am Forever

When once what breathed

has turned to dust

and all around me’s failed

when grass does grow

upon my bed

and all my world has paled

the sky will still be blue above

the grass green far below

and in between and all around

there’s one thing you should know

I am the bird that sings

And flys with silken wings

I am the English oak

I am the soft grey smoke

That pours from every chimney.

I am the sky it touches

In every colour blue

I water every flower,

In every sort of hue

I am each passing hour

And yet time will never age

I am forever blades of grass

My death wont be a cage

I am the wind that blows

And the dancing flame

Forever I will live

Though no one speaks my name.

Ricky Glew