The events of "If You Could See What I See" from a different viewpoint.
Thanks to JeanneZ for the episode research.
The usual disclaimers apply.
Yellow Flowers
By e-pony
A fragile crystal shatters
Into fragments of a dream.
The future falls in tatters,
Sundered by a silent scream.
The truth is all that matters,
But it's seldom what we deem.
Can't you see what lies ahead?
Yellow flowers for the dead.
x x x
One son sleeps beneath the ground;
Another soon will follow.
Though your answers may be found,
Victory will be hollow.
The clock cannot be rewound,
And grief is hard to swallow.
So, heed the words I have said:
"Yellow flowers for the dead."
x x x
Star-lights hover in the haze
Within my inner vision.
Future's path runs straight, or strays,
Directed by decision.
The road curves in deadly ways,
Observed without precision.
Still, I see it in my head:
Yellow flowers for the dead.
x x x
The heart may have its own sight,
In the faithful and the wise,
That's guided by a clearer light;
So, truth may yet surprise.
The seer isn't always right,
And tears slip from my eyes,
Over what I see instead:
Yellow flowers by his bed.