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There once was a boy who danced with the leaves He whistled the tune of the wooded breeze he played the drums on the bark of the trees He heard the sound of life in everything He grew and grew and the tune did ease He marched to the sound of clocks and tossed in his sleep He often dreamed what he could not see And he heard a song he couldn't quite sing Until, one day, it was gone The woods still sang, but he could not hear The leaves still danced, but he didn't go near He rushed through life, always looking ahead He marched to the sound of imaginations dead At the end of his life, his mind became clear The wood had been his listening ear And now he wished the breeze to begin So that he could feel that he was alive again The good wood being ever so kind Whistled its tune to the man once blind And to the boy who danced in his prime It sang a lullaby one last time
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Nov 15, 2025
Nov 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM UTC
The Boy
There once was a boy who danced with the leaves He whistled the tune of the wooded breeze he played the drums on the bark of the trees He heard the sound of life in everything He grew and grew and the tune did ease He marched to the sound of clocks and tossed in his sleep He often dreamed what he could not see And he heard a song he couldn't quite sing Until, one day, it was gone The woods still sang, but he could not hear The leaves still danced, but he didn't go near He rushed through life, always looking ahead He marched to the sound of imaginations dead At the end of his life, his mind became clear The wood had been his listening ear And now he wished the breeze to begin So that he could feel that he was alive again The good wood being ever so kind Whistled its tune to the man once blind And to the boy who danced in his prime It sang a lullaby one last time
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Nov 15, 2025
Nov 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM UTC
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