Born a skipping stone 

        pray tell
                  you sing 

    what promise?
                  series of hours 

the stirring gift
                  again recall 

   think to study 

                  endure
        the press
corroded
         slivered
                  -
               a
          burn
               chart of
     this life 

               call
           day 

               greet year 

          your
               tongue 

    a kindness
               over strawberries
 wishing me 42
               more
   a story for
               each
                    worth a year 

               let
     new songs
               emerge
from that wish