The seeds of dreamtime dwell in the centre of a child's spirituality,
Natural wisdom's mindful appreciation of the present moment
Presents to their logic, angels can sing and teddy bears can talk,
Mummy will never leave and Pinocchio can walk,
Pussycats won't scratch and doggy's tails are toys,
Dolly's are for little girls and bats are for boys.
This dream of life in this state of heaven
Will change their thinking when they are seven,
Their little wonder brain absorbs knowledge so fast
With millions of nerve cells forming to last,
Verbals torrent "What's this, what's that, why this, who's that",
With a language learnt in no time flat.
They enter the zone of thinking, logic and learning at school,
With God's wisdom love and spirit we hold as the rule.
The march of time takes away the cuddly lovely little child,
To behold teenagers, young invigorating meek and mild
The core of their being formed with parental guidance and love.
With an inner kindness and respect soul stamped from above
The seeds of spirituality have grown thru their veins,
Now the world is their oyster to take charge of the reigns.
The first few words of this just grabbed me Ken- -' The seeds of dreamtime dwell in the centre of a child's spirituality ' - - how true that is.... and described so well here... warm and honest verse.....10 from Fay.
This is a very informative poem - it shows great insight into the intellectual, social and spiritual development of Children. I have three Children (49,47,43) and eight Grandchildren (25,23,23,16,15,14,13,11) all of whom are developing spiritually. All Humans are made in the image of God and the Bible says that 'God has given to every Human a measure of Faith'. The final four verses amplify this and the importance of parental guidelines: The core of their being formed with parental guidence and love With an inner kindness and respect soul stamped from above The seeds of spirituallity have grown thru their veins Now the world is their oyster for to take charge of the reins. Best wishes - nice poem JOHN KNIGHT (UK) .
The seeds of spirituality have grown thru their veins, Now the world is their oyster for to take charge of the reigns. children are supposed to take reignfrom us so it goes on and goes on.. so beautifuluu inter wovern with words..very good art poem and i liked it...10 read mine child, schiil..no techer please and hen laid eggs
You really tapped into your inner child for this poem.....beautifully expressed & expertly written. As the scripture says: train up a child in the way they should go & when they are old they will not depart from it
i must say this poem is just on point and the use of words is skilful.keep it up Ken
This is a pearl of a poem, a jewel, a bright diamond. Getting in a child's world of dreams and how we are each hit out of it. With seeds of spirituality planted at this very young age, chances are big we will enjoy them as wonderful teenagers. It is not 100% in our hands. Sometimes the seeds are there and are given no space to grow, But they do not die and with some patience they may blossom at a later time into fantastic flower trees.
The poet is a really concern about his next generation and i can feel his frustration with current trend of life where's the benevolence less valuable than material. I read the intention, hope and commitment of the poet through this poem and the sincerity of his intention was well written.10+
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Great rhythm and rhyme Ken. The saying 'give me a child until he/she is seven' is well used in your poem. These days there is more emphasis on the parent guiding their children with spirituality, as in our country, unless sent to a religious school, morals and spirituality are not taught in schools. Your words are wonderfully expressed and I thoroughly enjoyed reading your insight of a childs centre of spirituality. 10 love Karin