CALUMET - SUMMER'S END

CALUMET - SUMMER'S END

IT IS THE TIME FOR GOING AWAY
THOUGH SOME WILL STAY
THE KEEPERS OF THE NEST
ENSURING THAT THE SANCTUARY
WILL BE HERE WHEN NEEDED
THOUGH MOST WILL SCATTER
IT IS THE TIMES FOR LEAVES
AND LEAVING
IT IS THE TIME
FOR SENDING OUT THE MESSAGE
THAT GOD LIVES
AND THAT HIS STORY IS WORTH RETELLING
AS EACH ONE GOES
LIKE CANDLES FLOATING ON THE WATER
TAKING THE MESSAGE
TO ALL DARK PLACES
GOD IS
HE LOVES
HE CARES
THEY GO AS AUTUMN LEAVES
AND THEIR FLIGHT IS BEAUTIFUL
THEY GO
CARRYING OUR LOVE
AND SENDING IT BACK
SO THAT WHEN WINTER STILLNESS COMES
AND WITH IT COLD
OUR HEARTS WILL BE WARMED BY ITS MEMORY

FRANK A VOLLMER