I can't understand the world from your eyes;
you see the relentless opportunity in everything -
(even within me) -
Wasting nothing as a chance to explore.
Loving what you love and leaving whatever
you don't.
Sitting pretty while Daddy drafts
dumb poems.

Every little object may as well be
the Big Bang; a story as old
as a lifeline -
(you were mine.)

You could care less about the classics.
Life can be simpler than
everything Elton John wrote about
in the 70s -
(I can't wait to show you.)

One day you'll see much more of the world.
You'll love who you love
and love whoever you don't -

but shouldn't we all get to be
that way at least once?