Child of the New Day

Sweet, sweet child

with large, innocent eyes

and radiant smile

inquisitive mind

come, tell me your secret

let me capture a ray of your sunshine

Child of the morning star,

how is it that you perceive so well

what we see as complex and impossible?

if I could only gain some of your insight

if I could only see through your eyes

just after noon, you are at your peak,

dancing with the daffodils

and singing for me to come join

if only I could,

I'd be there in a second!

but I must be reasonable

I must think of war and politics

this is truth, to me

Summertime sunset child

lay your warm glow before me

let me catch the last glimmer of another

fleeting day

you have still not revealed to me

the source of youth's insight

why won't you do this one favor for me?

but children don't understand such obligations

you dance before me

but will not let me in!

how can you be so peaceful

in this turbulent world?

Child of the moon

reflecting daytime's glow

how happily you sleep!

don't you know of all the

suffering in the world

how can it not touch you?

alas, my child,

sleep well

tomorrow, you will understand reality

tomorrow, you will be aware of life's

injustices

Child of a new day

don't make humanity's mistakes

keep that warm, innocent glow

never,

never stop dancing among the flowers!

perhaps someday,

I might join you again,

but today,

I must carry banners

and be careful in love

and be cynical towards the leaders

of the people

I must fight for your future

so that you may always carry

the light

I never had time for

Sweet, sweet child

yours is the sunshine that

may melt the ice

and warm the world once again...

- Jan. 30, 1984, A.D.