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Alexander III
07-17-2010, 06:17 PM
There is a forgotten forest
With an aged stream
Which never stops flowing

Every night a boy sits by the stream
His hair, rebellious and greasy
His face, like a delinquent cherub
His eyes, vast and drunken with desire

He sings wild melodies in intoxicated tones

He powders the leaves azure and vermillion
Green laughter fumbles from the weary boulders
Robbins hiccup tiny stars and nightingales enchant the air with a secret magic
The sky is woven with bright blushing cheeks
Two roving stags race above the tree tops
Their hoofs drifting an aroma of crushed berries and flowers
Which paint the forest with the livery of Life

The boy is the flute of Dreams

Every night the boy prances across the stars
And sings his memoirs to the stream

The stream never listens or speaks
Its flows silently, licked silver by the moonlight
Which trickles unsteadily and spills on the boy
Laving him of the bitter notes of his life

The stream never listens or speaks
Yet every night, he is there, calm and tender eyed
Writing his tale across the ripples in the water

Till the sun awakes with a wide yawn
And the boy limps to his house
His flute so tipsy he cannot walk

Delta40
07-17-2010, 06:44 PM
mmm. well i don't know if you're referring to some particular fabled character, but it certainly feels like it and your depiction has enchanting qualities that leave music in my head!

Jerrybaldy
07-17-2010, 08:08 PM
Mr Third. You are that boy.
cheers
JB

Alexander III
07-18-2010, 10:41 AM
Thank you both, I had music in my head when I wrote this :D