Yesterday I saw the flowers crying Mourning for what used to be And then I touched them with my mind And saw they also cried for me Today I saw the high sun frowning Saddened by what I have become No longer able to unfreeze my heart Forever frozen until numb Outside I found the air was dying Stale and lifeless, short of breath Poisoned by my thoughtless needs To slowly lead us both to death And all that is green has now been paled The colors have faded, their brightness assailed And, though I wish to make amends The path of nature now only descends The lonely creature of the woods are going The way of the hopelessly forlorn Until all that remains is myself, wretched man Condemned to die before the morn