Memories

Voices whisper through the ether All that's past, so long ago, Memories of distant places Some forgotten, some to know I recall those days of splendour When the world was deemed sublime When the cherry blossom lingered In my heart and fixed in time Love was young and life eternal Rich the wine from ag'ed vines Fresh the wind and sweet the honey Warm the sun that ever shines But through time such mem'ries languish Fading with the dying sun Many gone, no more to cherish, Past, forgotten, ever done Now the night grows darker, darker, Long the shadows cast below Cold the sun and deep the waters As through all the valleys flow Recollections there as phantoms Fixed within illusions' store All things lost and all things broken - Memories forevermore