Friday, July 16, 2010

Children

There is no such thing as
A cynical child.
They view the world
In terms of simplicity—
This is good, and that is evil.
This is right, that is wrong.
Every child is a poet—
A pure soul willing to
Break all things down into
Easier and more evocative terms.
Every child is a hero,
An adventurer—a veritable
Odysseus or Hercules,
Willing and able to take on
Whatever we adults will throw
At them in our misunderstanding,
Cynical, close-minded way.
Oh the lessons that the simple teach!

—C.R.E.

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