Tonight I lay to sleep
This girl ne’er fully seen before,
Sleepy submerged in echo of youths wonder
Chiming bells from island shore.
A time— Well...
Perhaps not too long ago.

Now in this time of returning
Her breath is soft and sweet
Even easing through lips parted
Beside fluttered kids of bliss

Here! You’ve come home little one
As I knew you could
(Would, and should)
Therefore a welcome stranger in my soul.

You’re arrival I long awaited
Perhaps too impatiently
For once I nearly delivered quittance

Only I knew the gracious goodness
For which I stood cemented.
My former lover teasing my truth
Fleeting amidst my vulnerable venerations
Though I’d not yet met result.

So God Bless forbearance,
Our strength and fortitude
Working towards, we often knew not what

But I staid my feet in
(Sometimes sinking) sand
Holding your hand
As you fought with emotive sin,
(Sometimes my own) wave, and
Wind.

Now allow me to be selfish,
And to perfect a certain clarity
Sharing my own status for completion
Since you slept through my silent revelation
I watched this miracle, submerged
Infectious reflection:

Your bliss, though in finality
Not produced of my flesh,
Surprised my sandy self with
Surpassing value supremacy

This serenity, in
Serendipitously naive show and tell
You carried to my shores.