The Face of a Child

Heartstrings grow longer,
Emotions run stronger,
Passing along every Saturday smile.
Feeding the hunger,
Singing a song or a
Nursery rhyme pulled from a forgotten file.
Gender's no matter,
Nor thinner, nor fatter,
The clatter and chattering need not make sense.
The needed response in the
Wide-eyes of wonder contain
All the joy of required recompense.
The innocence born to
The nature of humans,
The sweet gentle creed
Of the meek and the mild,
The awe and the wonder
Of worlds undiscovered,
Uniquely in place
In the face of a child.

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