Child in Time


Before words will make wise, through some gift, all our minds,
They will strain, push and shove, only then just to seep
Like the glint which will burn thin shadows on the blinds.

As some fault made ready at the start, us doth bind,
Some pleasures of the world will for sure make us weep
Before words will make wise, through some gift, all our minds.

Hungry hearts yearn and love as the Story unwinds
The intrigues of the smooth calm surface above the deep
Like the glint which will burn thin shadows on the blinds.

Go forth men to women where enclosed us doth find,
To see well then to take, with some care, what we keep
Before words will make wise, through some gift, all our minds.

Hand in hand, march you out, come see how cereal grinds.
Sun and cloud, warmth and rain, made the seeds that you reap
Like the glint which will burn thin shadows on the blinds.

Child in time, born to rhyme, you will be all the kinds
Of music that you'll play for your friends and the sheep
Before words will make wise, through some gift, all our minds
Like the glint which will burn thin shadows on the blinds.

Roma, 19 4 2008