a light for the darkness of adult doubts.
A child is a song --
a never-ending note of hope and life.
A child is a painting --
a multicolored affirmation of moving beauty.
A child is a dance --
a natural rhythm of life and growth.
A child is a story --
a once-upon-a-time reminding us
that we were all children once, and an open-ended ending
reminding us that tomorrow is a challenge, not a fear.
A child is life --
its loves and hates, its happiness and sorrows,
its courage and cowardice, its softness, its roughness,
its chaos and calm, its noise and silence,
its faith and terrors, its joy of being
that is sufficient in and of itself.
A child is a search --
a never-ending, vigorous exploration for new,
better, more open routes
to replace the deaths of a tired past.
A child is a gift --
a present of naturalness and truth.
Margery Layton
(in the 60;s)
