by Dana Dajani

Speak to the child in me

Let her feel free
to sing a song or hum a melody
Please, speak to the child in me
Help her to see
her shameless joy as pure divinity
Go on, speak to the child in me
Support her to be all that she dreams
and knows she can be.

And then, speak to the child within,
who knows not of sin
Tabula Rasa
Liberated, I begin
to speak to the child within
who cares not to win;
the happiness of play
is no achievement to be pinned
And when I speak to the child within
comfortable in her skin
unafraid to be seen, I feel like me once again.

So if I speak to the child in you
will you know that it’s true
that everything comes from Love-
all I say and all I do?
And when I speak to the child in you
with nothing to prove
I meet the innocence out of which we all grew
So could I speak to the child in you
and offer another view
with possibilities different to the ones that you knew?

Child to child
heart to heart
These adult bodies keep our souls apart
Child to child
heart to heart
With these trappings we gracefully part
to be
free from fear
free from pain
free from hurt
free from blame
free from guilt
free from shame
Childlike wonder back again
Free from the past
free from games
free to be me
wild, untamed
Free to love the reigns away
Child to child
heart to heart
We let go of control
and playfully
start.