The child within just wants to be seen,
no matter if you’re an adult or a teen.
He doesn’t remember making a vow
to be anybody but who he is NOW.
He assumes he’ll be accepted as is.
You’ll have your game plan, and he’ll have his.
He doesn’t grasp why anyone cares
that some of his choices are different from theirs.
(If all are required to do the same things,
we might as well be wooden puppets on strings!)
He agreed to terms he wants to employ.
Right from the start, he demanded…joy.
He knows from birth which path holds the key
that turns and unlocks who he’s destined to be.
But dreams that he has, with doubt, could be killed
if others convince him they can’t be fulfilled.
He believed that wisdom deepened with age;
that was the error that locked his cage.
Intrinsic truths, in babies, still burn;
this knowing inside them, with time, they unlearn.
The child who resides inside will recall
the reason he’s here, though his grownup may fall.
To unlock the prison, quiet your thoughts.
Let out the child and dismiss the “nots!”
Allow the child within to regain
control of your journey; you’ll lessen the pain.
By trusting your feelings, boundaries dissolve;
the talents you doubted, at last, will evolve.
The inspired adventure life’s meant to be
starts at the moment your child runs free.