Your fresh eyes now are priceless,
open springs of bitter knowledge
clarified, made sweeter still,
made pure and holy.
It has been said
that the children are closer
to the Kingdom of God.
You are the emblem of the new,
of the unadultered sanctity,
of relish for the moments
I have come to despise.
12/06/2016
Richmond
after Book 10, Unit 1