Harlequin

Came the night

A mist dissolved the trees

And in the broken light colors fly

Fading byPale and cold

As figures fill the glade

Grey is the web they spin

On and on, and on and on

Through the flame still summer lingers on

Though her pictures soon shatter

All, always the same

But there appears in the shades of dawning

Though your eyes are dim

All of the pieces in the sky

There was once

A harvest in this land

Reap from the turquoise sky

Harlequin, harlequin

Dancing 'round

Three children fill the glade

Theirs was the laughter in the winding stream

And in between

Close your door, the picture fades again

From the flames in the firelight

All, always the same

But there appears in the shades of dawning

Though your eyes are dim

All of the pieces in the sky

All, all is not lost

And light appears in the shades of dawning

When your eyes can see

Order the pieces, put them back, put them back