To Be A Child

to be a child again

to be an innocent once more

they say it, but do they mean it?

do they even comprehend the

ramifications of that statement?

it's a spoken version of an

unspoken insanity

to relive the negativity

of your earlier traumas

kids grow into adults and

if given a second chance,

would the universal laws

of aging and changing

become suddenly upended?

and what different of 

a result could be expected?

Peggy Sue married you

instead of Cindy Lou and

you had Jack Sprat and 

Jilly Bean instead of

Jack Off and Jill Bean

different families mean

different triumphs and

different disappointments

again, nothing changes

and life itself remains a

negative proposition

your a child once and never again

be glad it happened at all

Reviews

Ha, as ever so wise, and you, Kenneth, I have double feelings, to this, personally lol, it has as being mature the goods and the bads... but how creative you bring this... -x- enjoyed muchly!

- Elisa

[Ruth]

The times I hear folk say they would love to be a child again - personally, I wouldn't take the offer lol x

[Rene Velez]

Makes you wonder, no? I wouldn't go back, yeah childhood can be hell for some, and the disappointments are endless...No Santa Clause?

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks, Rene. I really appreciate it.

[John Anderson]

This piece of salient beauty illuminates my thoughts and senses

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you, John!

[Ait Laaguid Brahim]

wooooooooow! That's Amazing ; i do love from the 1 line till the last one. especially this stanza :
kids grow into adults and
if given a second chance,
would the universal laws
of aging and changing
become suddenly upended?
truly, thanks for sharing , that's profound deeply and emotinally touching and mentally unimaginable

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you sir.