When

When you can seek what you divine
and trust the reward,
when you can lift open the lid
and release your gifts,
when you can guard the young
and protect the soul,
when you can dream with the spirit
and touch a heart,
when you can value every second
and listen to your inner child,
when you can mark what you hear
and draw on your desire,
when you can revel in nature
and respect her instinct,
when you can accept your own magic
and hold its mystery,
when you can offer compassion
and forbear from pain,
when you can face the fires
and be re-born,
then you are ready; gentle one,
to run with the wolves.