[his fingers keep moving, in the same soothing and gentle pattern, alternating between kissing noah's neck and nuzzling against it. eventually, he starts to recite]

"Peace flows into me
As the tide to the pool by the shore;
It is mine forevermore,
It ebbs not back like the sea.

I am the pool of blue
That worships the vivid sky;
My hopes were heaven-high,
They are all fulfilled in you.

I am the pool of gold
When sunset burns and dies, --
You are my deepening skies,
Give me your stars to hold."