Baby

Baby I hold you above
the cold August Wind
with the sweetest songs I can sing.

Keep them in a Pot
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against all natural sin

The eyes of free men
search for it still
though  

no one can smile
into the eyes of an infant
and imagine evil residing there.

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Verlena S. Walker

Date: 10/27/2014 12:59:00 PM

Such truth Dan with insightful intelligence. Enjoyed... Verlena

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/27/2014 3:46:00 PM

Thanks Verlena

Mama Bear

Date: 10/25/2014 9:03:00 PM

Babies are our gift from God and they are indeed innocent. Brilliant Blessings Edith

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/26/2014 11:40:00 AM

Thanks Edith, You are sweet and true!

Dave Timperley

Date: 10/25/2014 9:01:00 AM

Innocence we are all born with, the rest we learn from life itself. Good or bad the choice is ours. Nice write Dan. God Bless. D.

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/25/2014 9:15:00 AM

Exactly! Thank you Dave.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 10/25/2014 8:59:00 AM

And yet it exists within all of us. This is an intelligent write.

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/25/2014 9:18:00 AM

Yes, it does. Thanks for your kind words.

Faye Gibson

Date: 10/24/2014 7:09:00 PM

Lovely, Dan; I wish the innocence could remain. Welcome to the soup and thank you for your nice visit.

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/25/2014 9:17:00 AM

It does stay in small pieces, it is diluted by life. Thanks for the welcome Faye.

Eve Roper

Date: 10/24/2014 5:09:00 PM

Innocent babies our so beautiful little children of the Lord. :) eve

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/24/2014 6:53:00 PM

Yes Eve, I do believe babies are purely innocent and this is the heart of this poem. Thanks for reading and saying such nice things!

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 10/23/2014 3:09:00 PM

So very sweet this is!Welcome to ps: )Charma

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/23/2014 5:41:00 PM

Thank you for the welcome and kind words!

Darlene Gifford

Date: 10/23/2014 3:01:00 PM

There is nothing like the sweet innocence of a baby. Thanks for reading my Thoreau poem. Blessings, Darlene

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/23/2014 5:40:00 PM

It was a pleasure reading your poems.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/23/2014 1:46:00 PM

- A great poem, Dan - To meet a child in their eyes is more than a meeting a beautiful spring - There is nothing in life that have a higher value than the children - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Dan Helppi
Date: 10/23/2014 2:21:00 PM

Thank you for the kind words, you are true regarding the value of children, and in these I am very rich!