From your tiny kingdom
You’ll soon be hurled into the world
And like the bravest king you are
You’ll have to say adieu
To all the cosmic dreams
That held and grew you

It’ll crush your tiny mind
When you’re told to leave behind
The tallest, warmest walls
That have been your safest home
Because we suddenly declared
It’s time for tiny feet to roam

It’s a lot to ask
We know
To touch cold air
That moves in strange directions
That smells of sweat and screams
At first, too much to bare
For little souls like you

But your cries
They’ll soon concede
We’re worth climbing from oblivion
To this dangerous, divine meridian
Where all the truths – hard and soft
Become risky and unhidden

You’ll come to relish days and nights
You’ll welcome in the noise and doubt
You’ll want to hang about
With us – the earth-side crowd
We’ve been waiting, waiting for you

Can you now see?
The incomparability
Of being held in earth’s first arms
So much lovelier than the womb
That you, our tiny king of earth
Can fathom why we made you
And now you want to hold us too