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KITES, BALLOONS AND SAILBOATS from "Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein"

by Shirley R. Barasch

 

MY CHILD WITHIN MAKES MOMENTS OF MAGIC

A CRYSTAL SOUL REFLECTING THE SUN

MY CHILD WITHIN KNOWS NONE OF THE TRAGIC

MOMENTS OF LIFE SEEN ON THE RUN

MY CHILD WITHIN SINGS UNENDING MUSIC

A SONG SO SWEET OF QUIET REPOSE

SEARCHING FOR THOSE MOMENTS OF WONDER

AND THE UNCLOUDED SIGHT OF EYES NEVER CLOSED

O, BRING ME THE GIFT, THE SPIRIT OF CHILDHOOD

WHEN KITES AND BALLOONS AND SAILBOATS WERE ALL

I NEEDED TO HAVE FOR MY HEART TO BE HAPPY

AND BENEVOLENT LOVE WAS MY ONE PORT OF CALL.

THAT CHILD WITHIN STILL STRETCHES AND BLOSSOMS

UPON THE PATH OF BEAUTY AND TRUTH

INSIDE MY CHILD STILL ECHOES WITH LAUGHTER

OF THE INNOCENT GAMES  OF UNTARNISHED YOUTH.

O, SET ME FREE SO I MIGHT DISCOVER

THE SELF THAT I LOST SOMEHOW ON THE WAY

WHERE UNFULFILLED DREAMS STILL

SERENELY LIE ANCHORED

FROM THE FIRST BLUSH OF DAWN

TO THE LAST HUSH OF DAY

O, BRING ME THE GIFT, THE SPIRIT OF CHILDHOOD

WHEN KITES AND BALLOONS AND SAILBOATS WERE ALL

I NEEDED TO HAVE FOR MY HEART TO BE HAPPY

AND BENEVOLENT LOVE WAS MY ONE PORT OF CALL.


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