Like moss covering the north face
Suckling the morning dew
Like a rose in a garden
Absorbing tenderness of the caretaker's hand
Like the fishling in the bay
Savoring sea grass drifting by
Like the young gull
Peeping persistently for their mothers' love
Like the oak tree
Biding the squirrel's forgetfulness
Or a boat
Painstakingly supervised under withered hands of sailors
Who themselves wizened over the years
Tasting the salt spray sweating under the sun
Like all existence
Holding the hourglass of time
So you too, my friend
Will grow to unimaginable heights.
Jan 17, 2021
Jan 17, 2021 at 12:36 AM UTC
Like moss covering the north face
Suckling the morning dew
Like a rose in a garden
Absorbing tenderness of the caretaker's hand
Like the fishling in the bay
Savoring sea grass drifting by
Like the young gull
Peeping persistently for their mothers' love
Like the oak tree
Biding the squirrel's forgetfulness
Or a boat
Painstakingly supervised under withered hands of sailors
Who themselves wizened over the years
Tasting the salt spray sweating under the sun
Like all existence
Holding the hourglass of time
So you too, my friend
Will grow to unimaginable heights.
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