Childhood Dreams

If faith can move a mountain, then it can save a soul.

 

 My granddaughter Payton. I bought her a new bear. She quickly took the green sweater off of it, put it on the old bear and cast the new one in the corner.lol She has my heart and well knows it. It's such a helpless feeling to be in her clutches.

If our faith can move a mountain

 then it should save a soul

To have untapped faith in oneself

is life's great gift and goal

 

Within all children lay a dream

to be more than their parts

To open gifts within themselves

warming their tiny hearts

 

Ask a small child this question

"what do you want to be"

Always it's seems there's something grand

through their minds eye they see

 

So where do all the lost come from

 who find their dreams have died

Then see their hopes all washed away

as if cast on the tide

 

No one can say with assurance

what happened to those souls

How all their dreams in life were lost

or for whom the bell tolls

 

If asked of me I would just say

truth is hard to admit

The mind is not a vessel filled

but a fire to be lit

 

Author's Note

Who can say with any assurance that they know where their life will take them?
But like all of us I too had dreams. Maybe they were a bit lofty. Maybe they were naive. We all know the boundless wonder of becoming an astronaut or fearless explorer.
However the man who crushes a child's dreams may as well have killed him.
Forever is the innocence lost. Forever will he doubt the word of all adults. Lost is the beauty of divinity. Lost the love of fair play. Gone the reward for decency, never to return. This is why we must take our responsibility for the young as a most divine effort and solemn responsibility.

Reviews

[Bubo]

I wanted to cry reading this having been the child who had dreams crushed at a young age, and how wise you are, for the essence of a child must be protected, nurtured and loved, for their dreams build worlds, and you are clearly a man of deep emotion, and a wonderful father.........your words were beautiful, and if every child had a father like you this world would be beautiful. Bless you Tate, for your wisdom and writing.

So where do all the rest come from
those who find their dreams have all died
With all their hopes then washed away
as if they left out with the tide
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[LonelySoul]

Life is what we make of it and it is up to us to make changes to that which does not work in our lives...
If unwanted events occur,make the best of the hand we are dealt,if possible...if not,then we write about it to get it off our minds...lol
I like what you have here,it is a great message for us all...LonelySoul

[Bridget Mcmaken]

wonderful poem.

[Brianna Brie]

It is such an awesome responsibility to nurture a child. This poem captures the innocence of a child's dreams, as well as, the worn out torment of adulthood. Sometimes life has a way of sweeping us through all too quickly. Not only hanging onto childlike dreams, but mastering them is easier said than done. Yet, try and try again we must. I like the human interest aspect of this poem.

[just is]

A lovely and heartfelt write.

[StacyPerry]

I enjoyed the music and the writing.

[Aven]

"To open gifts within themselves
making happy dreams of their hearts"

this is so true, beautifully written!

[Geralyn Miller]

When a child's dreams are crushed, the world will never know what it has lost. Did that child hold the cure for cancer or the words to end all wars or a polution free energy source. Was the child with the answer to poverty in the world bereft of his dreams before adulthood. or is he yet to be born? children are a precious gift, having children should be undertaken only with great thought.
If every child had their dreams nurtured carefully, we could stop building prisons, we have ample cells for those born broken.

[TraverseTheSea]

I really loved this poem and the fact that the music compliments it! First instict made me want to turn it off so i could read but I knew it's there for a reason and I embraced it and it made your work even better!
The children are the future we have to acknowledge that!

[Ellen Hammond]

Your wisdom and compassionate heart flow through this one. As always you give food for thought served in a lovely palatable form.

Some say cliches can detract from a poem, but you have used that I am familiar with:

"If faith could move a mountain"
"they sailed out with the tide"
and
"for whom the bell then tolls"

I think they work well in this poem as each says a lot without having to say a lot...if you know what I mean. A very enjoyable read!