A Moment Of Silence: Song To Summer A Song Of ? As Heard By Maruss Freewind Swift the sun ascends, as in the South The rivers chew at the sea with renewed mouth. The moons change places, and in the fore Takon ascends the summer flood's roar. But for a moment, there is silence. Heat beats its gong, and the drowsy bees Murmur a welcome in the leaves of the trees. Far away, out over the ocean, The wind sings with delight as its prime emotion. But there is the moment of silence. A silence so silken, of indrawn breath, Whispering of blue birth and green death, That the world pauses, even in its joy, For it knows what the summer must destroy. And the spring falls into silence.