Majestic Rumination

[mab]

You are the King of the forest
and I bow in honour to you.
Your roots in the mother grow deeper
than anyone believes to be true.
The wind it carries your whisper
to my ears and my ears alone.
You're hurting inside for outward you've died,
but I hear you calling me home.

Standing fast as a sentinel
In the army of the faery Queen.
You stretch your arms up to heaven
and wish again to be green.
I hold you close and give you a dose
of love, a potent medicine.
You change inward with my magic word
until you are whole once again.

Great One I stand by your side
and watch the turning of time.
The forest falls beneath the saw
and we weep at such a crime.
I've been misplaced; fallen from grace
another takes the throne that was mine.
My forest King, I hear you scream;
mechanical teeth gnaw your spine.

I float upon the wind of change
to find the place where we once reigned.
Buried beneath both brick and stone
you've disappeared without a stain.
My cry is weak, I barely speak,
the people cannot hear my voice.
Shadows bleed grey, I fade away
erased from time without choice.