Oh, to be a child again, to once more tread on paths of innocence;
Not to know the dark ingredients of sin or transgression;
To have no more of the deep desires that lead to great wrong;
Able to happily, thoughtlessly, sing a carefree, joyous song;
All responsibility is a thing of a distant future, a dim fear;
To have a mind that will, without sophistication, listen and hear
New things, and turn them over, without giving ulterior motives a thought;
Always giving others the better things, having a shared heart.
And even when sadness comes, the tears soon go away, and run dry.
Depression is never known, and the gladness is content to stay
Vivid imaginations never cease to stir and challenge the mind,
A constant willingness to please all, the temperament to be kind.
Why are these joys given to us while we are too simple to understand?
While as children we can’t see all the benefits of being innocent,
And as we grow and “mature”, the evidence of forbidden fruit appears
The knowledge of sinful passions arises, and we begin to give in, not to care.
After all is said and done, and we have mulled over our wrongs,
What is to keep us from desiring the innocence of days by gone?
Why can’t we learn as infants that that state is the best, sinless?
Why do we have to sin to realize the pain it brings into our lives?
Jesus’ words become clearer to me now, as he described the children;
How they are the role model for those wanting to enter the Kingdom
Those of us who are grown are to try to be childishly innocent again,
And we can be, for the Son of God mad a way for our sings to be forgiven
Childishly innocent of all sin
Innocent children are the examples for the world
Follow their pure example, and for help, turn to their Creator
He still can create innocence in all of us.