The child I once was Came to see me one day. Face of a stranger!

He spoke not a word, we walked,
4658Each staring silently at the other,
4658Our footsteps like a strange running river.

In the name of these leaves
4658Lashed by the wind,
4658We were bound together by birth. Then each went his way, like a forest The earth imprints, the seasons recite.

Child I once was, move on.
4658For what binds us together now, What have we to say to each other?