Lily - Heidi Berry

Ah, lily

Lily in the shadow

Hiding from the moon

Lily under glass

You’re rising

Rising as the sun sets

Going to your window

Lay your face against the glass

And sway from side to side in silence

And slowly turning round with nothing but the sound

Of your bare feet on the wooden floor

And lily

All your time you’re wasting

Will you ever know

When your time is done

Now leaning

Hands flat to the wall

And slowly trace the boundary

Of an empty room

No word, no warning on the day

You left the stage, quit the play

You closed your eyes and faded away

And lily

Come into the moonlight

Here, no one will harm you

You’re not very strong

You’re dying

And you don’t even know it

You’re drowning on thin air

You’re already gone