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

[Norma M Sutton]

I like the sentiment in this one. It flows well and was a joy to read.

[Jazique]

Beautiful very much. Speaks so many words that you have breath in.

[LadyNaida]

I wish that we can all be like a child when it comes to certain things. We need to learn how to enjoy life because it is too short.

[Mark]

Your simple verses never fail to convey the most profound messages, Tate. I wonder in what context your protagonist had occasion to cross paths with a four-year-old Cambodian boy, why God saw fit to put the two of them on the same square of sidewalk, on that very day?
I particularly enjoyed the image of "tending to his flowers", while he is plainly merely rearranging the spilled confetti on the city street. Indicative that a child can make beauty from anything, and find joy in trash. Some of us might profit from a little voluntary trash-rearrangement, couldn't we?
I was puzzled by the line in the fourth stanza, "to happiness he was rending". What were you trying to convey there?

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

what a gorgeous inspirational and moving poetic crafted with such tender care~

[Katie L]

great job