child-ness nurtures and all pretence stifles and kills

only a child
can see that smile

only a child
can say those words;

only a child
can reach that land

only a child
can laugh that way;

only a child
can wear that crown

only a child 
can dance to the moon’s delight

only a child can jump
and not hurt the earth

oh so be a child
or stop all pretence;
for child-ness nurtures
and all pretence stifles and kills

only a child 
can leap to space

only a child 
can sit on the sun

only a child 
can talk with no deceit

only a child 
can go where no others can;

only a child 
can be happy always

only a child 
can create the universe

only a child 
can judge at the end of time

only a child 
can live in fullness;

only a child 
can sing better than the birds

only a child 
can teach the angels

only a child 
can walk across planets

only a child 
can mother others 
and yet be nursed

oh so be a child
or stop all pretence;
for child-ness nurtures
and all pretence stifles and kills

  Only a child

text © Raj Arumugam, Nov 2007

 Monet's "Garden at Vétheuil"  1880