I will take up all your tears

Salty tissues through the years

Spread them in the sun to dry

Diamonds from each time you cry



I will treasure all your teeth

Your laughter and the pearls beneath

Keep them in a cardboard box

Through the tickings and the tocks



I will gather all your hair

Floating in the sultry air

We will make a braid of gold

For you to keep when you are old



Now I kiss your milky skin

Sheet of silk and soul within

Put this kiss upon your brow

Treasure you as you are now