By the lake, a man with broken heart suicides In that time a nymph comes nearby She says hold on; I could share your pain He cries and tells her how God turns his life into a funny game He returns home instead of ending his miserable life It might be loneliness that put him to death He has a new faith about her--who brings him back to life "I will give her my all", he decides He goes to the lake more often and she comes in his sight They are getting closer by time When she is in bad mood he would give her advice, or tell her not to cry When he looks not fine, she plays some magic to get him back to smile There might be a distance between heaven and earth But he knows he would never regret for his choice By the lake, a shadow remains, with loneliness Under the tree, where they used to sit and talk, fills with silence He feels no surprise, but sadness in his eyes, and tears go by On one side of the leaf, he writes, "Hope everything is fine" Then puts her name on the other side Drops it to the lake, for making his prayer come true In the lake, his missing never fades, flows with her name He has never seen her again; sometimes he's still right there, waiting For miracles, when the lake is covered by leaf, he stops waiting Then goes back to reality, lives a ordinary life He never forgets about the precious time, but keeps the secret inside Before his passing away, he tells his son and daughter this story Asks them to bury him under the tree, by the lake When they move his body with no breathing They don't notice, in the lake, there is no leaf remaining --

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