the sun once shone

the trees once stood

there once was light

inside the wood

and through the acres

night and day

the boy went out

to leave the gray

the waterbanks

were fresh and clear

he swam the river

void of fear

he loved his home

inside the wood

where sun once shone

and trees once stood

and then one day

he lost his track

for light had left

had not come back

and though the night

had come so soon

the boy looked up

to see no moon

no stars or fog

just darkened sky

in which no other

light would lie

in all the years

to pass the wood

where sun once shone

and trees once stood