The child I was, so many years ago,
Too young to understand my loneliness
Or know that sorrow as well as joy
Are commonplace in life.
...
In days now weaved together
In memory of eternal Spring, she waits.
Still loving earth
Yet ever more atuned, accepting.
...
Words softly spoken with compassion,
Still fall harshly on my ears.
The sentence is imposed not for any crime committed,
Unless in unknown karmic sense,
...