Here are words no longer spoken
of memories now faded and broken
hearted, but their onslaught remain
whose friendship and esteem contain.
After all these intervening years
this ever filling cup of hopes and fears
bring these straying thoughts to bay
while days accrue and debtors pay.
Now being none the wiser, although
some things may ail a father, bestow
a gift no king\'s horses or men could offer
today shall likewise slip into forever.
Dear child, your heart is ever learning
more and more each day, you\'re turning
more like the self that you imagine
live each moment through this world\'s raucous din .