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If ever my one simple wish could come true,
T’would be for the gift of a star sapphire blue;
This worldly confusion will suck out your soul -
You need a safe haven where you can be whole;
So I’d lay this fine gem in your upturned hand
And cradle it there so you’d understand.

You live in a whirling, kaleidoscope world
With faces and voices and thoughts all a-whirl;
No time for inspection of motives or song,
No careful selection between right and wrong,
Ne’er time to examine core faith or belief,
Or visit the ailing to offer relief;
But when this life presses in hard, you would have
Your star sapphire blue for your soul’s healing salve.

Gaze deep into wellsprings of azure delight
That calms troubled waters of hearing and sight;
It draws your soul deeper, past crystalline blue
To magnified skyscape of midnight hue.
The madness surrounding you softly fades
Like feathery touches of whirling shades
That cling to the edge of reality -
Here now is your soul’s actuality.

The star, like the bright star of Bethlehem,
Lies glowing so deep in that faceted gem;
It shines snowy white, and oh! shining so
That towards its beauty you simply must go;
No shading of gray in this wondrous sight,
Just simple power of true Love’s pure Light.
Here then is your rest, when the world crushes hard,
When vision is numb, and heart becomes scarred.

For you I would wish for this one simple thing -
To leave you serene, with a song you can sing,
A haven of rest when kaleidoscope world
Is too much to handle, too fast and too swirled;
The clearness and depth of a focused gaze
That captures the prize amid swirling haze;
The vision of One who is simple and true
As seen in the beauty of star sapphire blue.