Through the windless wells of wonder
By the throbbing light machine
In a tea leaf trance or under

Orders from the king and queen

Songs to aging children come

Aging children, I am one

People hurry by so quickly

Don't they hear the melodies
In the chiming and the clicking
And the laughing harmonies


Songs to aging children come
Aging children, I am one


Some come dark and strange like dying
Crows and ravens whistling

Lines of weeping, strings of crying
So much said in listening


Songs to aging children come
Aging children, I am one


Does the moon play only silver
When it strums the galaxy
Dying roses will they will their

Perfumed rhapsodies to me

Songs to aging children came

This is one