Out at night, I saw a squirrel

Lying in a ditch beneath a great elm tree

Grey and weak, his tiny eyes revealed

The secret of this vigil strange and free

Hour after hour, he pursued

Weaker and weaker, you grew

Squirrel, friend, I see you lying

And there's nothing I can do to bring you back

Grey and weak, your tiny eyes don't understand

The strangeness of this pain you feel

All through the night, you will lie

Each moment, death's hour draws nigh

Silently your hooded brothers lay you down

To sleep forever into time

Peace at last has come upon you

As a mother's fading whispers to her child

Hour after hour, I pursued

Though you are gone, I will still remember you