Village Tapestry

'Twas on that day, behind a hill
I came across a village still
The only thing I could see
Was village tapestry

Down narrow streets and empty lanes
Wherever I walked, it was the same
Not a soul in this small town
But village tapestry

Faded yellows, lighter greens
Blues to lilac, colours unseen
Red still red, as blood did run
Black is black, did hide the sun

Wanting frame and faded colours
It told a story of many summers
A town had died in this here land
Except its tapestry

Pretty girls with golden hair
Handsome young men with chested bare
At last, their lives and heart appear
On this tapestry

(Faded yellows, lighter greens)
It told a story, there'd been a plague
(Blues to lilac, colours unseen)
The town had been empty for many an age
(Red still red, as blood did run)
Then who was the person no one had seen
That told a story by village tapestry?
(Black is black, did hide the sun)

I turned on heel and walked from there
And offered to this town a prayer
A special thought I had in there
For village tapestry

Faded yellows, lighter greens
Blues to lilac, colours unseen
Red still red, as blood did run
Black is black, did hide the sun