CHILD
I am a child, I said.
I do as a child, think the thoughts of a child
Garnered from womb-time
Ancient years ago and more.
But only the child's eyes
Live the thoughts, dark or light,
She brings forth from the womb
But canot give tongue to.
If you take away my child-time
You take away my wisdom
Culled from lives borrowed from forever.
You take not my child-time alone,
But yours as well, since that child-time in you
Waited to join with mine
And, in breaking mine, was forsaken.
I am a timeless child and I can show you,
If you will, how to take back into yourself
The innocence you forsook, and my innocence,
Trailing with yours across undiscovered lives
Until we become the timelessness of no space
And all Being.
Author notes
Written December 30th, 2004
A contest entry
- Options for everyone! (prewrites also allowed) by anoetic poet.
450 points, ended April 25, 2007, 28 entries
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This is beautifully deep
wow....still daunting on it.....I feel the timelessness of bearing our youth...long missed and forgotten....yet still it thrives..our wisdoms come from childhood to adulthood...we at one time or another relate back to it....perhaps many more times than we care to imagine....still your words are expressively written.....what accumulates in my thoughts is the place we cannot go without...all others whom crossed our path in life.....Love this writing...Poet
....for your child time....
Mally
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I think this is more about the child than childhood itself.... a deep and different thought. Thanks for entering and good luck!
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hmm im sorry i dont really understand it, but it is very nice and u did a great job
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Hallo Annessia and thank you for your comments. They are much appreciated.
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Thanks for dropping by, Painpoet and for your encouraging comments. -
Wonderful poem! Very deep, and it brings a good point across.
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MM this is an interesting read well done and a strong statement at the same time brovo
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Oh, thank you so much, mistic moonlite, for finding this one. As you see you're the only person to have found and read it and I'm just so pleased that you like it. Thanks again.
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APPRECIATIVE
this again is a wonderful write reads well and goodness just good !
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