Raspberry Mystery - Anne Fagermo

Pebbles and sea-glass meet And crunch beneath the soles of my feet As I land this sailboat on the beach And walk up a trail to eternity Come down, oh love divine Lift up up this terror of mine That even the kings turn to dust in time Ozymandias lies forgotten nearby So comforter, draw near Throw a freckle behind each ear As I march through old firs and spruce chandeliers Wrinkle my cheeks with each wasted year There let it freely burn As the raspberry men in turn Burst saccharine caviar and liqueur And shrivel away and dissolve into earth, I wonder Youth! an apocryphal phase Youth! of just borrowed days and Youth! ephemeral nights So come down, oh love divine, and slow down the fervor of time And so the yearning strong At the top of the hill by dawn The cicadas fill the air with song Cos a couple more days is not too long So let your glorious light Shine down on me as I cry It's fine that you're getting older, child Cos I'm getting old right by your side, I wonder Youth! an apocryphal phase Youth! of just borrowed days and Youth! ephemeral nights So come down, oh love divine So come down, oh love divine So come down, oh love divine, and slow down the fervor of time