Once,
I heard you sing...

your whisper (when it made the sky quiver)
was like a lonely dancer...

your leaves
(when they part with you in autumn...

I thought I knew
my place in the world...

You know, you really do give me strength
in your fractured fragility...

I grew as old as my wrinkles
and no longer hear your words...

Our voices fell silent.
On your side of the world...

On one planet or another,
you once told me...

I grew tall, strong,
roots deep, branches long...

I once
had a dream...