Silverback lyrics

I come to see him in winter

When all is quiet and inside

The chilly walks shy off visitors

And moments of solitude come

The prattle of crowds is far away

Behaving natural and actively

The few humans are less bothersome

Some welcomed, of the troop

I sit nearby the exhibit's view

Silent, side-sitting, indirect

That it will not be confrontational

Patiently, inobviously alert

Slowly, surely comes a comrade

A kindred spirit compassionate

He sits very near mirroring pose

To share some time in company

I do not know if he has memories

That link us endearingly to his past

But our eyes both communicate

Mutual kindness and gentleness

Others do not understand

Puzzled by our actions dear

An unspeaking bond unbroken

Between two beings near

The daily depression of a cage

By any other name, unfree

We are bound by ill-gotten fate

That separates possibilities

He must wonder where I go

As I wonder how he is now

Those thoughts to realize so

That a universe is but a cage