elfgrove

I wanted to see if anyone knew this a while back, but no one did. More's the pity, it's interesting if you think about it. It's supposed to be about growing old and mortality.

Elli's Song
From : "The Last Unicorn" by Peter S. Beagle (And yes, it was cut from the movie.)

What is plucked will grow again,
What is slain lives on,
What is stolen will remain --
What is gone is gone.

What is sea born dies on land,
Soft is trod upon.
What is given burns the hand --
What is gone is gone.

Here is there, and high is low;
All may be undone.
What is true, no two men know --
What is gone is gone.

Who has choices need not choose.
We must, who have none.
We can love but what we lose --
What is gone is gone.