Kids
It’s been Written
that Jesus Said
“Let Those Kids Loose
so They can Come Here and
Be With Me.
After All,
They’re What Heaven
Is All About.”
It’s more Formal
when the King James Posse
Translated It,
But Kids are Kids.
His Apostolic Sidekicks
had been Keeping
The Little Ones
at a Distance,
Imagining They
Would Bother Him.
Instead He Said,
“Pay Attention, Guys,
These are Your
Role Models.”
Consider That.
Contemplate It.
Meditate On It.
We’ve Imagined
Temples and
Priesthoods and
Nunneries and
Leatherbound Libraries,
When The Man,
Himself,
Asks Us to
Turn Loose
The Child
In Us.
To Play,
To Laugh and
Expect To See Magic and
Believe We’ll Be
Cared For.
Was It Just a Metaphor
that I’ve Stretched?
When He Said
To Become
As a Child
Is a Must?
(Photo by Robert Collins; UnSplash)
