Palm Reading

Show me the world
In the palm of your hand
The rivers of sorrow
The banks of your past
The hills that you climbed
And the forests you planted.

Show me the world
Of the life of a man
Who was nobody's child
Who rose up from neglect.

Show me the world 
In the palm of your hand
The mystery of your dreams
The maybes of your future
The lines left to carve
And the dents that have deepened.

Show me the world 
In the palm of your hand
And I will read you a poem 
Of a child that was lost
And the man that was found
Of a Forgotten past
That is buried in the ground
Of a future so full of love
That one will beg to be part of.
Of failures and dreams
And all the bridges in between
Of a world so unprotected 
It yearns just to be connected. 

Show me the world
In the palm of your hand
And I will hold it close to my heart 
And never again will it be taken apart.