Ode to the children
When life is new
and the innate
innocence and truth
pours forth
without apology
and the adults
that surround
can shape wellbeing
if they are present
May we care for the generations
here now
and here to come
in every way we know how
Presence, prayer, tend the earth, protect the water, write, grow food, make art, raise consciousness, research, speak, feel, commit, run for office, resist suppression. Tend the hungry, cold, hurting child inside.