CHILD

"The mind is a place in itself, and inside it one
 Can turn Heaven into Hell or Hell into Heaven."

John Milton, Paradise Lost
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                      
                      CHILD                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

"Child" is almost a derogatory term these days.

Take away innocence,
Suck away respect
Leaves a child lying face down
On the ground.

Child:
      Pure soul,
      Pure mind.

We fast brick up walls in their minds -
      Words said fast
            In anger,
            In fear.
      In fear for love,
      In-love and fearing,
We must have our walls reflect in them.

God's greatest gift-Freedom of choice-
      We cannot allow;
            Out of fear;
            In fear for love,
            In-love and fearing.

Child knows all,
      Sees all,
      Understands without understanding.

Listen to the children,
      Look in the eyes of a tiny child,
Listen with respect,
      Look into the future.

They were born with wisdom
      More than I at sixty-eight.

"Child" is to be honored
      "Child" is not a derogatory term.

Fear no more for love,
      Be no more in-love and fearing.

Love and fear are opposites,
      More so than love and hate.

Love the child with respect,
Love the child in Freedom.


Davalene Hirsch   2007