I sit beside the fire and think of all that i have seen of meadow flowers and butterflies and summers that have been i sit beside the fire and think of how the world will be when winter comes without a spring that i shall never see for still there are so many things that i have never seen in every wood in every spring there is a different green i sit beside the fire and think of people long ago and people who will see your world that i shall never know for still there are so many things that i have never seen in every wood in every spring there is a different green but all the while i sit and think of times there were before i listen for returning feet and voices at the door