Life engine turning
By God fuel burning
For a system still learning
How to be, how to be

Should the seed of doubt implant
Inside familiar soil
Sunflowers of Faith
Would lose their trident grace

The puppet wakes to a bold new day
Touching all the familiar things
Seeing them in a strange new way
Soon enough - He finds his strings

Thinks himself it should allow
Takes a breath - Begins to climb
And finds the gift yet half-endowed

Cheer and hail for the greatest yet
The newest try in the lovers bet

Walks along a perfect line
Beasts of exquisite aim - avail divine

But why save praise
for those with faces
Or apparent desire
Or a kingdom thought higher

The rocks have faces
Streams return in the spring
As the birds do
And trees huddle and hold against forces of nature
As the men do

Seek for an answer and you'll find none
But seek them all and one by one
Through the field they'll flutter by
and spark for you - a firefly

Trust in the change
Have faith in the flux
It's always this way
Running in and out of luck

As a boy I'd seen it
Clear and true
The why, the how
In every hue
But now I fear
My vision clear
Had pierced the world
Through and through