Children have newer eyes. I think we often need their newer eyes to see new things amidst the old and familiar.
Right now
Children
Own the earth.
It has nothing to do with presents,
Santa Claus,
How much
How many.
Or with the older ones:
Christmas break.
Right now it is children,
Younger, older.
They light the way,
Notice new life
Along the road.
The otters in the pond
Dip and dive.
The adults are stuck
In old ways of seeing.
On this darkest day,
The first day of Hannakuh,
They say Look:
The world turns again to light.
Look!
New life on the road!
Look!
Otters!
This morning I practice seeing.
There is a great white egret
Across the creek
Under the palm trees.
The fifteen year olds shake their heads.
They say,
In the way only fifteen year olds can,
I choose to see
Something different.
I practice
Listening to them.
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