Evergreen
12/98

The snow blankets
Over the dirty dead grass
Beneath the stiff dirt
And I sit far pressed
By the pain on my chair
Searching in the wilderness
Of snow covered trees
When skies remain gray and dull
But beautiful so beautiful
I guess I was tired of Frey

And the quietness
Sort of concealed
By the melancholy
In this long cold winter
Evergreen trees, though,
Always stay there
Nice, beautiful, and green
No matter what the season is
No matter what the hardships are
They stay firm

And Green and Beautiful
And undisturbed,
Even cold with heavy layers of snow
On its many levels,
But still I can see the green spikes
And If I shake it a little
It could let go of a load of snow
And it's so beautiful
Under the snow it's always
Green and beautiful

Wish I could stay green and beautiful
Even when the seasons take its toll on me
And nail me down
And strip me of my clothes
And my joy
And convinces me
That this is what I need
To get use to this feeling
Of being happy with the pain
And the dullness
And the darkness of the rain
The rest of my life
The rest of my life?
But there are brighter days
And plenty of things to enjoy of life
Then to kill myself with thoughts
That take the leaves from me
Makes them cripple
And crumble below my own feet
And there is no one
That can make this soul of my bloom again
Until the season changes

Forget Frey,
I have the power to make it change

© 2004 Johan Palacio