Spring of Eternal Life

Standing in the glen at sunset
Heavy was her life's debt
Watching warm light shining through
The tree's rich, green hue.

Stepping on the fallen leaf
Thinking of Death, the thief,
Always lurking close by
Like a worried mother's sigh.

Upon the clear spring
She did chance
Life forever, its waters bring
"What luck!"  joyfully, she did dance.

Till she heard that sigh again
All gone, leaving her to remain
Eternal Life, she looked with disdain
As she felt the world's pain.