Go to sleep

Your wings are weary

Close your eyes

And let yourself

Be swept away

By crystal dreams

As you were

Beautiful child

Smile and laugh

A candle unto them

But you grew too fast

Learn to walk before you fly

A flower blooming

Your rosy face

Turned to the sun

Reaching for the sky

But soon the sun

Was too small for you

So you stretched for the stars

Make a wish, my angel

For you are still young

Year by year

A little stronger

A little brighter

Your apple-blossom eyes

Glowing with the

Good you could do

For the world

Dreams were still real

For you

So you spread your wings

And took flight,

Far brighter than any star

You gave hope

To those who still

Wished upon stars

And it made you smile

But when you found

Your wings no longer

Carried you to the stars

You fell a little lower

Brushing the sea

Rippling the grass

But you flew still

Turning faces to the sun

And they smiled

Apple-blossom child

Who was a boy

Who was a man

Your starlight reflected

In the eyes of all those

Who looked upon you

But you grew tired

And your wings grew heavy

And you fell

A snowflake tumbling

Shining, but cold

Cold as death

Your task was done

The stars were brighter

And you had flowers of your own

Blooming, reaching for the sun

As you once did

So now you lay

Weary as the stars

Listening to the song

The they whispered

To the twilight

But you did not cry

For life was not in vain

You gave hope

And love

You had changed

The world just a little

And so you smiled

Your apple-blossom smile

Then you slept

Under a blanket of stars

Your wings returning you to them