Let the Inner Child Alive

People often think small kids are naïve.

They break toys, they cry for candies,

they trust strangers.

But give them a break —

adults are often several times worse.

Kids are straightforward and honest.

Adults swim in an ocean of hypocrisy.

Sure, don't shatter porcelain vases —

but adults know how to break hearts.

They are good in betraying relatives.

So yes, they say,

we must live in an adult body —

but the heart should remain that of a cherub,

the inner child must be alive.

If you’re not doing that already,

start now.

Or guilt may not let you live…

or die, in peace.