“We Are All Children”
A friend gave me a book of poetry titled “A Lifetime of Love – Poems on the Passages of Life” by Leonard Nimoy. I have been deeply touched by his words – not at all what we would expect from Mr. Spock!
I particularly love this one because if we heeded these words, I think we might have world peace:
We Are All Children Searching for Love
I am convinced
That if all mankind
Could only gather together
In one circle
Arms on each other’s shoulders
And dance, laugh and cry
Together
Then much
Of the tension and burden
Of life
Would fall away
In the knowledge that
We are all children
Needing and wanting
Each other’s
Comfort and
Understanding
We are all children
Searching for love
We are all children
Seeking the fountain
We all children washed by the rain
We are the dreamers
We are the dancers
Life is the music
Love is the Song
We are all children
Needing laughter
Fighting tears
Hiding fears
We are all children
Seeking release
Hungry for peace….
We are all children
Crossing the ocean
We are all children
Tossed by the storm
Swimming in waters
Of God’s devotion
Seeking a harbor to
Offer us home
We are all children
Of various ages
We are all children
The near and the far
Give us the peace
To search not for sages
Give us the strength
To love what we are
Come
Let us dance together
Sing together
Let us reawaken
The innocence
The wonder
The simple
Joy and faith
Which is rightfully ours
Let us unburden ourselves
Of the disguises
The roles
The weights
The chains……
Which hide and bind
The children
That we are
For we are
All of us—-
Children
