Little one

Little one you needed so much

You were so full of joy and life

Sad to see you lost the way

So completely

And lately I have to thank you

For showing me the way it was

And how lonely you felt

Always longing to find the way back

To your own heart

Little one it hurt to see the ones

You thought were strong

Come undone

Even harder to see their own inner child

Lost in lies

Strangling cries

But then this is the way in a world

Repressed

Inner child your heart is still alive

There is a way to thrive

And even be an adult too

But in a different way

To how you were taught to do

Little one its lifts my heart

To watch you sing and dance

And to laugh with open unbridled innocence

Keeping a sense of humor

About all the ridiculousness

Of inner children trapped in adult bodies

Hungering for the wrong things

That lead them away from the joys

Of a simple grounded spontaneous existence

Little one thank you so much

For the joyousness of these precious gifts