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 2023