THREE

Little world
Lest you see the like again
Do not spurn him so.
Little world
Open up your residence and shower him
With all the treasures of your station.
Show him, little world,
Show this child what there is
Of good and kind and enterprise;
Smooth his mind’s confusion,
Sooth his soul’s refusal to remain,
Extol his gifts,
And know,
Little world,
That there are no more like him due;
No wombs capable of bearing such
And then releasing, no age able to
Hear much of this heart beat,
No hole deep enough to cover
His escape,
Because,
Little world,
You are the combination
Whilst he the key.