Prayer

I find myself in buildings
Where I can't be barefoot 
Among the lavender,
Inside where constellations
Don't reach,
Among adults
Who see glitter as dust
To be hoovered up.

I want to leave more beauty, 
More reflections of the light
In every place 
And moment 
That I find.
I want to regrow the garden
With elements of space
And watch you wonder 
As words reveal stars
And electric lights,
The Universe.

Some people can see through walls.
And some need windows
They didn't know 
Existed.

LJ Ireton