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Let the Kids Play

Kids in the park at play They do not judge in anyway They don't distinguish By race, colour or faith All they want is just to play And have some fun So when does this change Who teaches them to go separate ways And decide to judge others as different from them Who is it that instills this in them in the end Who posits this life of pretence To believe in any form of separation and division Is a foolish person Those who teach children about racism As being a good thing surely lacks wisdom And probably lacks self belief To teach kids this stupid belief That race, colour and faith matter at all All kids want to do is play happily Without barriers to impede If we can stop kids straying from this If we can teach them at all costs to resist Those ignorant people who try Infecting their brains With the stupid ideas that we are not all the same Let the kids play and retain The simple idea that we are all equal and the only thing to fear Is those who try to separate and seek to divide Let kids play in a way that unites Stop polluting their minds with you ignorant A kids pure mind is to be worshipped And we could all learn so much from the mind of a child Living happy and united and free running wild And enjoying life in an innocent way So leave the child to play And encourage them to stay that way Through every age And peace will then follow As we unite everyday And throw the old ideas right away And all just because we allowed the kids to play Without trying to alter or change The belief that we are all one That we are all the same.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 9/16/2018 3:24:00 PM
Love the whole poem, especially this: "So leave the child to play And encourage them to stay that way."
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Date: 9/16/2018 7:42:00 PM
Thank you very much for reading and appreciating my friend. Faux

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