Love Child

In her I saw myself one day a cold spirit needing tending And in her face I saw the way to happiness she was rending

 

I crossed over a young girl's path

who had stooped and bent for hours

There she escaped to love from wrath

while she tended to her flowers

 

In her I saw myself one day

a cold spirit needing tending

While in her face I saw the way

to happiness she was rending

 

Simple things of a little girl

who swayed in the breeze that came through

Tousled curls all wrapped in a swirl

crowned top a smile that the wind blew

 

So take the gifts that you have earned

then turn out surcease from despair

To reap the pearls others have learned

echoing childhood calls "be fair"

With pride deposed and passions slain

we hope, aspire and then on trust

Beneath vaulted skies we attain

to master life before we're dust

 

Author's Note

Simple pleasures are their own reward. People we don't need 15 pairs of acid or stone washed jeans. That come in 28 different sizes and cuts. Happiness comes from needing little and giving much. If you learn to be content everything else is an unexpected joy.

Reviews

[little lily Bride of Ch..]

i am speachless yet it makes me sad with the children of today i reach out in prayer if i can't go that far to little spirits like that this was just so lovely it touched and Broke my heart so beautiful Life is too short to wast i will agree on that looking with a pure child like heart also helps us see the things we are blind to thats how i see life even though some of the world is currupt we can't allow the curruptness to stop us from enjoying the small littel beautiful things of life like our life early morning sun sets Beuatiful funny shapes in the clouds god gives us so amazing make our hearts smile and that little happiness and laughter is good for us make the day well worth living every day. Thank you for sharing my friend you always have such beautiful and wise words May God bless you and your family always i hope you're well and your family as well take care lily :)


By the way this is going into my favorites

[Jae]

Its the little things. I liked this a lot. Great job!!! It was moving and simple. =)

~Rem

[An owl on the moon]

There is such joy to be found in the simple things.. and here you give us glimpses that awaken that sense of beauty and wonder. The world is filled with light... for some reason we miss way too much of it. Thank you so much for lifting us, Tate!

[Mauricio Montoya]

Like most of you work, they are profound and deep with a massage to ponder. Excellent write.

[Brianna Brie]

"To master life before we're dust", offers a unique way of stating how mortal human life is.

I crossed over a young boys path
who had stooped and bent for hours
There he escaped to love from wrath
while he tended to his flowers

I simply love that first line of the above verse. Nice poem. Children have such a way to make us carefree and childlike again.

[Jas Alejandrino Ramos]

such an inspiring poem...

[Lilly]

Lovely poem. Sometimes we need to try and see things - the world, people etc - through the eyes of a child...

[B MacGregor]

Carole says do me good. She can be so demanding.

But at the same time, it's so desperately and wonderfully you.... choreographed and conducted. The director/conductor is my favorite, always trying to direct the compassion of a moment. Ok, make me feel.

Distant, and removed. Somehow it comes from our jealously, doesn't it?

The further away the more we want and admire. Simplicity is fragile.

I like your front porch. It seems very serene, and well tended.

The gardener.

[David W Moore III]

Ahhh. Is that a fresh wind on my soul? A heart song sung in gentle harmony, a child, the wisest of all.