Giggling In the Sun

Giggling in the Sun
 
Remember when everything was, 
And without judgement
Returning to its innocence
Closer we were
To the spirit then

Nothing prejudged by a child
Simply beneath the sun
Nothing more
Than acceptance unconditional
 
Then 

When do you think 
We lose it
Between institution and verbiage
The wonderful loses its way
No time to take
As the giggling pleasure become a roar
For teams, for winners, for millions of dollars
For recognition, for property, education and intellectual snobbery 

Until as adults none of us can say

“Can you come out to play ?”
 
And so filled to replete
And suspecting that certain something 
Missing
We search for the rest of our days
To discover a moment
We once knew so well
A moment of love, 
Of acceptance unconditional
In a bright eyed sun lit space
The place where we once spun our voices in laughter
Those days of innocence
We lost
 
So as adults some few come to realise
How to see with our own eyes
And return to acceptance
Some of us as adults begin to see
The complex nature of experience and reality
And from a sudden smile
Born in our hearts
The child as an adult
Is reborn
 
And maybe, just maybe…. Anything is possible.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008


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Date: 11/13/2008 3:37:00 PM
Colin excellent write. It is so true the innocence and acceptance of all when your not manipulated into having those influence veiws. Please comment on a new poet Janice Reese if you have any timeThank you so much Michael Torres
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Date: 11/13/2008 2:57:00 PM
This is a wonderfully evocative piece of poetry Colin. Beautifully written and a joy to read. Nigel
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