A sapphire in sandstone,
Your heartbeat stretches landscapes.

Seven times with in the hour,
Confirmed your breathing is perfect.

I need not worry,
Your early morning dance in slumber
Is safe with gnomes and fairies.
If you dream this young,
And I believe you do,
Then why does not your father
Join you in R.E.M. folly?

His wide-eyed prayer
Is that you stay objective.

Nothing worth keeping is found
In the accounts of bank and Bible.

As you journey,
Befriend the one that speaks
Of mirrors and song.

Allow the other to rant and rage
Until tears bridge the two.

They live with in.

The greatest teachers you’ll know.

The only thing worth keeping
Fits not in pockets,
But in strips of paper,

In horizons blue,

In the tower of sandcastles

Waiting to be loved

By an ocean.