Song for Emily

You've got a face not spoiled by beauty

Your eyes, blue heat

Fueled by pure joy

Melt the iciest of emotions

Your jagged smile underlining

And curling around 

Up to the top with giggles

Flanked on both sides 

The flames are untamed

Sparks too bright for sight

If there is a light you can't always see

And there is a world we can't always be

If there is a dark that we shouldn't doubt

And there is a light don't let it go out

Excitement personified

Comes from a mysterious source

Still unknown to the mediator

And though obliviously

You are leading the believer

To the way away from doubt

You let me into a conversation

A conversation only we could make

You break and enter my imagination

Whatever's in there it's yours to take

Like a child

Words spill teasingly
stylized imperfection

Thoughts bound only by innocence

Spoken freely yet expecting

Confirmation, redemption

If there is a light you can't always see

And there is a world we can't always be

If there is a dark within and without

And there is a light don't let it go out

You have it all

No need to add material

For fear of losing soul

And I'm a long long way from your hill of Calvary

And I'm a long way from where I was and where I need to be

Threats already disposed of
Like expired extinguishers
And chalky blackened wicks

Will tempt to intimidate
But have no influence
As long as the core is aglow

There is a light don't let it go out

Happy 3rd Birthday, Emily!

(Note: Italicized lines from the 4th track of U2's Songs of Innocence.)