Listen to their laughter <br />Listen to them sing <br />Watch them on the roundabout <br />Watch them on the swings <br />See them playing football <br />See them beam and glow <br />Innocence of childhood <br />Why does it not show… <br />Us … as we get older <br />How sweet life could be <br />If … just now and then <br />We could look and see … <br />The child … still deep within us <br />Gentle simplicity <br />That years and years obliterate <br />As we become less free <br />So caught up in the world <br />It’s complications too… <br />Wouldn’t it be nicer <br />If our childhood lasted through…. <br />All our life upon this earth <br />It’s gentle innocence <br />Making mankind kinder……… <br />And maybe have more sense…..<br /><br />Philip Vincent Sanders<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/childhood-3/
