Wide-Eyed Child
Wide-eyed Child
The child is he who watches
Keeping pebbles self-refined
Catching ants in a candy jar
Roll in roller coaster rides
Then set them free to seek
refrain
He is the wide-eyed child
The child is she who stands on
ledges
Tracing rivulets down side
windows
Wading through fresh
riverlands unknown
To wield liquid diamond dust
Beheld in her unblemished
palm
She is the wide-eyed child
The child is he who listens
Crouched at the top of sun-
dried stairs
Head cocked to hear mellowed
speech;
Whispers of a future that will
never be
He is the wide-eyed child
The child is she who looks up
Traces clouds with stubby
fingers
Grabs autumn leaves with a
tiny hand
Tumbling through deep pools of
maple
Then getting up to run again
She is the wide-eyed child
Copyright © Dylan Wong | Year Posted 2012
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