Reversals of Childish Thinking

Instead of listing what’s wrong with the world Let’s list what we could do to make it strong Childishly simple is the integrity on which we set our pride Is it so hard not to lie, steal, cheat, defile with words That simply are not right? Treat others like you would want to be treated We preach to our children Unadorned ideas that we cannot follow ourselves At times it seems As humans progress, from child to adolescent To adult, then back again It’s a reversal in time From complete innocence to corruptness Why does it take us a whole lifetime To come back to the mentality In which we started It’s only once we see, truly The best times is when We don’t judge And things are just so Childishly simple That we are happy