Have You Ever Seen Children Dance

Have you ever seen children dance? As they wade a sparkly rivulet, tinkling Thru woods and glens Chase a dusty puppy across flower Sprinkled fields, and shady dells As the balmy breezes of spring waft Thru hair; and new grass tickles toes. Have you ever seen children dance? Have you ever heard children laugh? Chasing the shadows down a dusty road, Old man sun on high above. Catching fireflies in jars, Their, winking glow faerie lanterns In the velvet night. Diving like otters in the silky warm water Of a summers pond. Have you ever heard children laugh? Have you ever seen children sing? Sliding on homemade sled down Pine needle blanketed slope. Plucking apples from a backyard tree, Dribbling tart sweet juice down freckled chin, Scampering ghosts and goblins from tricks To treats, warm soft lights, Jack-o-lanterns, glowing candles. Have you ever seen children sing? Have you ever seen children cry? A crackling storm, natures fury, Lightening, hush baby, its only thunder! A lonely toy left outside, Covered by blankets of the first snow, Rimed by the icy fingers of Jack Frost. The passing of another year, Childhood gone, all too soon. The carefree years too long too short. Have you ever seen children dance? © on Jul 03 2001 01:09 AM PST   0 • 10