BEFORE I GO

I loved the birds, you see
Their beauty when in flight
Their chitter chatter singsong
Their colours a delight

And I loved the beasts
All manner of them
Soft down or matted fleece
Wild or tame
Both large and small
​They were never meant for feast

And did I share with you
The moon
That enchanted mystic ball
The way she kissed the nighttime dark
And held the stars enthralled

And what joy the choir music
The paintings and the verse
All the books in which I travelled
From love to fright to curse

And I shall miss too much
The sparkling streams
The rolling restless seas
The mountains and the woodland
The gold and emerald fields

The poppy and the buttercup
The foxglove and the bees
The perfume of the roses
The earth
The worms
The trees

The rain, the wind
The thunder, snow
I have loved it all
Just so you know