
Of all the things I miss the most today,
that careless attitude, that joy I felt
that had no cause, no reason but the sun,
the bare awareness that I was alive
and had another day, another chance
to live, and face the mystery of a world
that I knew not, yet craved to know,
is what I wish I had right now. And still,
I know that child I used to be is not
yet dead. I hear him laugh from time to time,
I hear him cry aloud and shake his fists.
And though that kid is now an older man,
his eyes are still with me, and see the world
with wonder, dare to dream again and never
cease to live, and love and want a bright
new day.
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