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The World Through Child's Eyes
by Matthew Benoit → (All Poetry by Matthew Benoit)
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As adults what if we stopped our hectic busy lives and tried to see the world through a child's eye.


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THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD’S EYES

 

SEEING THE PATTERNS BEFORE ME

SO INTENSE AND CLEAR

NO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS OR SELF-DOUBTS

WONDER SOOTHES ALL FEARS

 

CLEAR YOUR HEAD

I HEAR YOU SAY

AND SHAKE AWAY THE FEARS

BEFORE THEY TAKE HOLD AND LEAD YOU ASTRAY

 

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

POSSIBILITIES ABOUND WITH NO END

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

WHERE CONVICTIONS NEVER BEND

 

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

A WORLD WITHOUT A CARE

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

THE SENSES SO AWARE

 

THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE

OPENS A DOOR TO PAIN

ITS A DOOR WE ALL WANT TO CLOSE

TO SHUT OUT THE FEELING OF SHAME

 

IN MY MIND I NO LONGER CHOOSE

I ONLY SELECT

DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT IFS

AND THE FEELINGS I NEGLECT

 

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

A WORLD I SEE AS PURE

THE THINGS I CAN'T BEGIN TO EXPLAIN

ARE THE THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE

 

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

A DAY WITH NOTHING TO DO

IS A DAY WHERE FREEDOM REIGNS

UPON YOU FROM OUT OF THE BLUE

 

GROWING UP A FEELING OF RESPONSIBILITY

A SENSE THAT FREEDOM IS YOUR DUE

BUT THIS FREEDOM DON'T COME CHEAP

THE CHILD'S EYES CHANGE THEIR HUE

 

AS A CHILD WERE TOLD TO BE

CONFIDENT IN OURSELVES

BUT SOMEWHERE THE DOUBTS CREEP IN

SHATTERING THIS CONFIDENCE TO HELL

 

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

AN IMAGE OF OUR PAST

THE REALIZATION THAT GROWING UP

THESE THOUGHTS WOULD NEVER LAST

 

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

I NOTICE MY REGRET

FOR THE FEARS AND TROUBLES

IN MY MIND I'VE NEVER REALLY MET

 

MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL

JUST STOP OUR LIVES AND SEE

THAT THE CHILD IN US ALL

REPRESENTS WHAT WE WANT TO BE

 

BUT SOMETHING IN US TELLS US

WE GREW UP AND MUST BE STRONG

BUT IF WE OPEN OUR EYES AND

MINDS WE'LL ONLY SEE WE'RE WRONG

 

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

IS WHAT WE ALL MUST DO

TO REGAIN THE INNOCENCE WE LOST

ITS A NEED FOR ME AND YOU

 

TO SEE THE WORLD THROUGH CHILD'S EYES

A WORLD ON WHICH TO DEPEND

A WORLD SO CERTAIN, A WORLD SO TRUE

A WORLD WITHOUT AN END

 

 


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