Windows Redux

You were once as open as the sky

As boundless as the fireflies in June

At your window watching life go by

Your light has dimmed too fast and much too soon

As boundless as the fireflies in June

Inside a Mason jar to please the eye

Your light has dimmed too fast and much too soon

Without air, a fire's going to die

Inside a Mason jar to please the eye

Your gold transforms to dross, treasure to ruin

Without air, a fire's going to die

Blind as well as masked, you're not immune

Gold transforms to dross, treasure to ruin

Behind those glass panes on which you rely

Blind as well as masked, you're not immune

You can't shut out the past though you may try

Behind those glass panes on which you rely

At your window watching life go by

You can't shut out the past though you may try

You were once as open as the sky.

(done with the "proper" Pantoum rhyme scheme of abab)