what words could not fetch
and brought us a festering happiness
within the language of haste.
And Si, yesterday we knew how to listen:
when the music flowed out of you.
You gave yourself away
and never counted the loose change
You had sons for that
and the music wouldn't wait.
For the rest of our days we
will walk in your light
and the sight will clear our ills a hundred times.
And yet, the day remained hazy at the last
a reminder our playmate was away.
You taught us playing was something people did for life.
You led us in our games
and arrived first at every jest
But Si, today you've lost us
playing a crazy game of Hide N Seek.
Come out, come out and be among us.
For yours was the flagship
and who will match that strength of love?
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