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