Searching without me is searching in vain. I'm found in a trench, but not on a plane. Kids hit age twelve and they think that they've found me. Sleeping with me means you're sleeping quite soundly.

I am used to measure and conquer, but I am not used to cut bread or make butter. You can find me in in a castle, a pencil case and a parliament .

In a tiny queen’s castle, I hold a sweet prize. In a museum, I take a man’s guise. If I grow in your head, I block out sound. If I melt in your hand, I cast light around. I’m what the moon does after it’s new. If you’re a poet, I’m what you do, too.

Of gold I am good and of stone I am callous. Of glass I am fragile and to be cold I am of malice.

I see you with both eyes, and you perceive me just the same I can imitate your every movement, yet my voice is heard in vain