as the age of man struggles to draw yet one more tortured breath
we hear the cries of children

for only children can truly know the promise of unadulterated innocence
and youth alone may bend the impossible
or exemplify the power of vulnerability without the burden or the lies of history

and now comes the empowerment of our darkest dreams
born of naïveté and fed by hubris
the kind we tend to blame on those very offspring we would otherwise ignore

thus the fear and rage of unconscious grievance makes way for every manner of brutality
and we are not prepared

so please
do listen to the little ones
their passive power compels your empathy

insomuch as it still survives

Peace/Love

m(-_-)m