auld lang syne

[fledgist]

this is the place where all shadows begin

beneath the broken house and greenskin tree

i walk just out of tune but hope to win

 

the colours do not change from out to in

and red leaves on the hedge were meant to be

this is the place where all shadows begin

 

a moment here when the world does not spin

as all the signs of what we are agree

i walk just out of tune but hope to win

 

who knows those watching might forbear to grin

as no time passing they must pause to see

this is the place where all shadows begin

 

that which was lost was made to seem a sin

by falling off and scattering debris

i walk just out of tune but hope to win

 

those who have heard know what this life has been

in all its echoes and the space left free

this is the place where all shadows begin

i walk just out of tune but hope to win