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

[Magdelena]

You never seem to stop amazing me. No matter what u bring forth it still manages to take my breath away.. Like a breeze, my soul flies and I so never want to come back..

Beautiful

Mags xx

[Dark Empress]

This leaves me speechless and tears in my eyes, so wonderfully written. You are very talented.

[JENY]

Each thing in the universe…
However insignificant they may appear…..
Will have a lesson to teach us….

A very good poem….
It reveals the religious person you are…

[Nayan]

Love it Tate!

We tend to lose the ability to notice and feel surprise and happiness in small and simple things, as we grow up... But, if we do that, then we would never be sad. There is so much to cheer for in this world, every moment.

I read from Paulo Coelho that children are always cheerful, as they don't have a past!
Your poem is so true!

Lines that I loved the most...
"In him I saw myself one day
a cold spirit needing tending
And in his face I saw the way
to happiness he was rending
"

:)

[Jamie S.]

Words of a wise man, I enjoyed this read, thank you for sharing :)

[Charles]

Simple pleasures are their own rewards, indeed. A simple apostrophe, however, is missing in line 9. Otherwise, this poem is executed with your usual attention to meter and rhyme. What about 'rending' though. It seems an awkward word where it appears (I tried to imagine how the boy was rending happiness)... may be one of those instances where the wrong word is inserted for the rhyme, hmmm? :-)

[Wondering Mind]

So very correct- your Author's Note! And the write is just wondrous. The meaning, the structure, the flow, all make up a complete gem.

[JelliFyshKissUs]

If only others would realize what lessons can be learned from observing a child. Most important thing--I believe--is their humility when it comes to learning and questioning. Once we reach a certain age, we come to believe we know... but we truly know so little and there is so much more to gain. The simplistic mind of a child in an adult is truly a treasure in itself. Beautiful, Tate.

[Cherrie Palmer]

truly powerful....In him I saw myself one day a cold spirit needing tending
And in his face I saw the way to happiness he was rending......these words can stir a soul and move hearts to action

[Color Me Gone]

Simplistic and lovely~