While I was growing up
The world was growing down.
I am so sorry that we left it for you,
in pieces.

See the world can be one giant
bipartisan madhouse of land
versus water.
Land that I would walk a million miles of
to make you smile.
Water that will know better than to hurt you,
Because if it does, I will hop scotch every star in the sky
until I can grab hold of the sun to get it close enough to every ocean
to dry every tear
you've ever cried
Until it is raining backwards
Hitting stars like bullseyes.

And on the barren world below,
long distance lovers will run ear to ear across the face of the earth
Into each other.
Please remember that.

Remember too, that the world can be a crazy place
But it beats like a billion broken hearts,
hurt but doing
It breathes like a dusty record player,
on repeat
It smiles in every spot the sun shines,
Always knowing
That there is light around every corner
of the sunrise.

I don't know what you'll know then.
Science is forever poking around in dream filled attics
Hoping to sweep out every last myth and story.
Hold on to the mysteries.
Like you will your first set of keys.

Keep them in the basement,
pass your dreams down
like heirlooms.
Hang your thoughts on a golden chain and give it to your daughter,
Put your hopes into an album,
Drip your wishes into wax and light a candle,
Put your soul inside the cookie jar,
And when you give words don't throw, but hand them.

If you find ears that love your voice
The way you love sunlight
and snowfall,
Get close enough to whisper
And let them hear you.
Even if your heart has a voice
That always sounds like goodbye.

That's just our echo.

I know that we left you a world in pieces.
But theres a light in you that is so blinding,
That as you grow up,
The world will have no choice but to follow.
You have magic in your fingertips,
You have passion in your pores,
And you will always be
everything.