The honesty we had as children, - in the process of growing <br />We spoke from our heart, all of our feelings - we were <br />Showing <br /> <br />Speaking the truth - right or wrong - we told it like it was <br />For we knew how to behave, - no reason, - just because <br /> <br />Love came natural; we did not need learn it in school <br />We knew right from wrong, for living with love - required <br />No rules <br /> <br />What came natural was real, what we dreamed and imagined - <br />We were taught our world was a fantasy, - and our dreams we <br />Must abandon <br /> <br />As children, we see all people as our neighbors and friends <br />We are taught to beware, and are told - who we may, <br />And may not, - befriend <br /> <br />Reality as we know it, - is an accepted - and conclusive <br />Fact of life <br />To conform we are told, “We must! ” - To a species living <br />As creatures with much strife <br /> <br />We can never grow out - of our need for love. <br />For to love and be loved, is what living - consist of <br /> <br />The distant dream we adults are all - in search for <br />Is the way of life we once had as children, - and have since <br />Been trying to restore <br /> <br />12/15/06<br /><br />Dave Tanguay<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-way-we-were-poem/
