Fair Companions

I will not cease to love and though I leave

The earth and years of loveliness behind,

The hourglass has turned into a sieve

And through it falls a cataract of mind,

The images I saw when I was young,

Chrysanthemums the life blood of the fall

The music that remains in me unsung.

Time and fate will win, we cannot stall

The wheel that faster turns within the wheel,

We dream and believe in everlasting life

And through our prayers the wounded earth to heal,

The end of war and man's internal strife.

Departing for new shores I go alone

A floating essence through the stellar air

I shall not grieve for worldly things undone

Remembering you beautiful and fair

Companions through whose love my soul has grown.