He bent his legs and brought them to his breast br He sat with folded arms around his legs br In foetal style remembering how blessed br He was with Fortune's best and not her dregs br br He rocked his body slowly to and fro br His fragile mind remembered happy times br Ah but that was a long, long time ago br And now he sits and rocks and sadly pines br br He quickens rocking, rocking to and fro br And sobs escape his mouth to surf the air br Remembering how happiness would flow br He rocks as if he were a rocking chair br br He rocks to comfort body soul and mind br And grieves for lives and loves he left behindbr br Elia Michaelbr br