Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Innocence, Without a Care

The innocence of youth
  of the sweet child
O, that I too could laugh and play
  without a care the livelong day

Yet the child wants to be older
  sure as I would be younger
Driven mad by our limitations are we all
  to reach beyond our ken, tumble and fall

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Caren Krutsinger March 9, 2020 at 4:20 PM Children grow from six to sixteen before we blink an eye. So true! Gershon Wolf March 9, 2020 at 10:01 PM Oops another 16 year old --- just blinked. ~ gw

Alexis Y. March 4, 2020 at 8:29 PM Hi Gershon, Good write with much truth. My kids say this all the time. I say when you get older you say the opposite. You wish you were young or want time/clock to slow down. Have a great evening my friend:-) Alexis Gershon Wolf March 5, 2020 at 6:55 PM We tend to want what we can't have. Part of the frustration of our mortality. ~ Gershon

Line Gauthier March 4, 2020 at 7:09 AM Well penned, Gershon. So true. Gershon Wolf March 5, 2020 at 6:54 PM Thank you, Line. :) gw

Jenish Somadas March 3, 2020 at 11:59 PM Fantastic poem and theme Gershon.. Yet the child wants to be older.. as surely as I would be younger.. What a way you expressed the truth.. Wonderful... I want to be old and you younger.. lol.. Gershon Wolf March 4, 2020 at 8:13 PM Well, maybe I want to be even older! LOL. Thanks, Jenish. Cheers, Gershon