The Child Inside

Baby Ricochet is having one of his moments of sanity again

At heart I'm just a simple man
with a loving child inside
With everything I've seen and done
Somehow he stayed alive

For that much i am grateful
A child can feel life's joy
In the simplest of moments
The world as one big toy

Flirting with a lovely girl
Watching the butterflies
Intellects can mock and scoff
Cause they don't get why

Because it's stupid simple
There's nothing to ponder on
The joy of life is in the moment
and the moment is always gone

We struggle and we live in pain
We blame everyone who took part
But in the end it doesn't matter
Only you can mend your heart

A task so monumental
No grownup could survive
It's not for us to even start
It's for your child inside

Author's Note

Every so often I have these kind of insights. If I had any sense in my head I'd do something to encourage them to grow. I gotta admit though I get the biggest charge out of the simplest things. That's got a lot to do with me maintaining my sanity.

Reviews

[Mary Christabel George]

Wel... The kind of writing you do or what your profile says? I never knew you would ever come up with "The Child Inside".
Baby you made us remember that there is a child inside us.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Mary

[Mary Christabel George]

Welcome

[Ashley]

it's really good :) i giggled about the flirting though lol xD it's so true

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Ashley

[Ashley]

no problem ;)

[nwachukwu c]

A strong child we have in us, "with everything i have see and done, somehow he is stayed alive. The inner US never dies, just need our activation:-) nice one:-)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks for dropping by

[Ohhhwillow]

The simplest of pleasures, the easiest of moments are often life's greatest gift - a breath of sanity for us all who have a child inside of us that yearns to play and have small pleasures. F**k those intellects who think everything has to have some greater calling, some kind of philosophical depth.. Sometimes our senses are best restored when in smaller shoes. You appear in this not a man trapped by a desire to return to the innocence of the past, before trying memories, but a man who is able to accept and enjoy the little things the world has to offer. This is gracefully written Baby

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Willow

[spiritwind]

If only we could keep that absorption and appreciation of the moment that a child has naturally... but we should try

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Spiritwind

[Loren R Love]

Love the fifth stanza. I could share that with so many friends that struggle with events of the past. I really like the overall theme. Never loose the inner child.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you sir

[Muse]

I have to agree...we need to embrace our innerchild. Without it....we are without new eyes to witness the beauty of all the good in the world. Amongst all the pain life has to offer...we must keep our hearts innocent...it's all we have left.

[Baby Ricochet]

For sure. Thank you Muse.

[jerrypat]

"We struggle and we live in pain
We blame everyone who took part
But in the end it doesn't matter
Only you can mend your heart "

Truer words have not been told. It took me a long time, many decades, to understand this simple way to believe and make your life oh, so very much better. It's like that old saying, if I can do it you can do it. We all need that child inside. I am only saddened that it took me so long to locate and find mine, and at the same time I'm grateful that I have. Good poetry . . .

[Baby Ricochet]

It's a beautiful thing that you did. Thanks for stopping by

[Rhianne Ney]

Yeah, sometimes there's this child inside as that helps as to view a lot of things in a great inquisitive way (:

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you

[Rhianne Ney]

You're welcome