Childlike

Teach me to be
the child I never was –
open-minded, free,
eager to receive
whatever gift is offered
in another’s face

Teach me to be the child I am,
whom I have been since before the world began,
eager to give what is given to me
of the light that delights
and enlightens us all.

©Wendy Mulhern
May 9, 2022

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