Water Lily Pond

By the water lily pond,
Children's games we played,
Full of fun and still so young,
Just me and my Jo Ann Lee,
Listened to the lark's sweet song,
As the years went by,
Promised that we'd faithful be,
After love's first sigh,
To the water lily pond,
Many a night, we'd go
After a hard day's work,
Sat there in the evening glow,
By the water lily pond
We grew old and gray.
By the water lily pond,
I buried Jo Ann Lee today.

In the water lily pond,
They found him the next morn,
His face lonely, still and gaunt,
His eyes so lost and forlorn.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2005 Alfred Charasz