May your faith be like the sun
Ever present in the changing sky
May your love be like the stars
Shining brightly now and when you die
May your fear be like a river
With you, but always moving on its way
May your dreams be like a bird’s song
Hope carried from the night into day
May the numbers be in your favor
As they build and bind you to the path
May you know the face of your savior
As it appears within the math
May at your core there be a tower
Of blood and thoughts around your spine
May this structure grant you power
To sense the presence of the divine
Gene G. McLaughlin 2019