Friday, March 31, 2023

The Innocence of a Child

Hate unlearned,

Selfishness applying to

An empty bottle, nothing more.

No fear unless the inner ear

Perceives a sense of falling.

All else unlearned,

A block of clay

All moistened, primed for molding.

 

Wide eyed child of innocence

Breathe the air of youthfulness.

Soon the world will beat a path

To rob you of your freedom.

Lessons come in many sizes

Shapes and forms. Who knows the package?

Circumstance and happenstance

Are strange professors, guiding all.

 

May your teacher be compassion.

May your lesson be the truth.

May your heart be always open

As it was in unlearned youth.

 

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