For Every Rose There Is a Separate Spring

Music: Aki no Koto no Ha
By Nishiyama Kengyo. Sequenced by John Kwasnik.

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For every rose there is a separate spring. Orange leaves drift down through separate falls. Rivers dream their dreams while willows weep, Though none can tell what beauty it recalls. Years drain the memories to which we cling. So do we dance within our separate bubbles Even as we share a common breeze, Viewing through a fragile film of troubles Each miracle a frightened heart might seize, Nor dare we touch its stillness, vast and deep.