Childhood Innocence* Poem by Ulysses Cabinatan

'Like a little child who can enjoy almost anything as his toys,
from a simple sling shot, a stone,
marbles or a tin can
we can still be happy in some simple celebration in life.

But as we get older, we forgot on how to be happy,
we thought that happiness is going to other places...
Watch the Asian Cup in Doha
and also we don't know now how to pray.

During childhood, our prayer is as simple and as fulfilling
as 'Angel of God, my guardian dear,
to whom God's love entrusts me here....
or a Thank You.
But as we get older, our prayers actually are not sincere prayers
but it is always asking....,
asking for more wealth
which could be a form of selfishness...

So we can learn from the simple mardi gras celebration
that a child like faith can make us happy in life
and there is no need to ask others again
as to why they dance on the street



*(in honor of the mardi gras celebration)