Rediscovering The Child

Sitting at the end of a long dark corridor A child paralyzed with fear cries Yet another child from a broken family A victim of physical and sexual abuse Helpless unable to move or to speak Programmed for self-destruction and alienation Memory tape reads: Good-for-nothing Now and forever Child aging in prolonged negativity No feeling no emotion no love Starving for love and attention The childish adult lashes out in anger Life behind prison walls is bleak But in cold darkness there is always light This new adult now looks inward for guidance And to his amazement finds there a wonderful person A childlike adult who is capable of love and being loved A childlike adult who has found a new spirituality A little adult with a child's sense of wonder and curiosity Open and receptive to new ideas and thoughts Capable of truly experiencing his feelings And in so doing moving further ahead The child in this new adult nourishes him He feeds him positive thoughts and feelings He gives him new insights every single day The child being innocent and free of constricting thoughts Opens up a new world to the adult He enables the adult to shed himself of his shackles And to regain his much deserved freedom Memory tape now reads: Live-laugh-love