I must leave you

I must leave you
By the fountain
By the garden’s inner wall
I shall close the door behind me
So I cannot hear you call.

I look towards the mountain
Though the mountain looks so far
You are so much further from me
Sitting where you are.

I must leave you
By the fountain
By the garden’s inner wall
I shall close the door behind me
So I cannot hear you call.

I’m sorry if the jungle
Is the garden that I seek
I would bring exotic flowers
But I fear they would not keep.

You watch me
Unprotected, leave
To walk this vagrant course
And you sit beside the fountain
But I seek the fountain’s source.

I must leave you
By the fountain
By the garden’s inner wall
I shall close the door behind me
So I cannot hear you call.

I leave, but must I lose you:
You could follow, will you come?

But the door is locked behind me
And is silent
It is done.

I walk towards the mountain
Till I hear another cry.
The waterfall calls distantly
And I run beneath the sky.

Sarah de Nordwall