QUIET STARES

Alabaster day cream

Wipe on to give new life

The miracle's the daydream

No need to fantasize

It comes by pounds

But never ounces

Does not dispense from in a tube

You cannot find it in a market

But it's present on YouTube

It hides in lines of Facebook

Between Memes and George Takei

It may sometimes be UpWorthy

But it never has to lie

It gets delivered by a Doula

But never once from Amazon

Unless it's in a book you covet

And must often pass along

You might find it in the trumpet

Of Max Ribner on a stage

You might find it some in RapCore

But never once defined "new age"

It's not tangible like "money"

(That's an ironic thing to say)

But it's tangible like honey

In an apiary way

It travels like a virus

But never once will make you sick

It melts like chocolate ice cream

But never once will take a lick

It's solid though transforming

Like water in the air

It comes from times long gone

Yet sticks around in quiet stares