The old town's vanished only the stones remain

The melodies are gone silence now reigns

A heart once calm now stirred by memories

In the blink of an eye her traces are unseen

She was a passerby in feathers so grand

Her dance once bright now just a pale brand

Time has passed us by our paths do cross

Fumbling to recall the dance to my song's cost

When did we drift apart unknown to me

In my worn blue coat wandering freely

She with her brocade a dance with destiny

Time flies and the past is but a dream

Stories of old now aged in a cup

She's not the same face from days that were up

I've shed my youthful skin sorrows now deep

We point out the changes words hard to keep

She was a passerby as stars in the sky

I dip my pen but the page lies bare and dry

The river flows east it cannot be deterred

The story's set no more words to be stirred

In your memory her dance in monochrome

She's changed as has the story we wrote

You're a passerby the curtain now closed

Time's swift arrow flies old dreams are gone

Passersby fade the tale is now done