‘Children’s lenses ‘

‘Children’s lenses’ timothyrgates,12/23/2017
brown, hazel, green, blue
happy, sad, dancing, smiling 
wide-eyed, sleep-filled, peek-a-boo eyes — 
even when betrayed by politicians, clerics, teachers, presidents, family, or others choosing indifference towards innocence,
wee lads, and lasses trust. 
if we dare follow this child that leads us
we might be freed to have wonder in our eyes. 
pause, listen to the myths, legends, stories from the ages. 
be still, hear the songs, poems, hymns, minstrels whispering those we love, even if only from nostalgia tugs. 
eyes closed, remembering those gone, we see them within, not all fondly, most, though, in the sprinkling of each unique snowflake 
walking in timeless genesis. 
children before us offer lenses that we might see. 
brown, hazel, green, blue, 
sometimes doe-eyed, sometimes dove-eyed,
looking into theirs,
for a moment I behold. 

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