The Child Within
~ The Child Within ~

When life seems more than you can bear,

And all you feel is dark despair...

When you find problems everywhere,

Your pain and hurt seem so unfair...

Then seek the child within.


If you alone must face the black,

For understanding your friends do lack...

They aren't the ones with whom to share,

And no one seems to really care...

Then seek the child within.

When life demands you toil all day,

And you must work your life away...

There is no time to rest or play,

And hope seems lost and far away...

Then seek the child within.
Remember when you laughed and smiled?

Seek within and find that child!

The time of wonder and discover...

When tears were wiped away by Mother.

A time of jam and peanut butter,

A time for sharing with another.
New games to play week after week,

First go hide, then go seek!

And while seeking, look within...

Let the child come out again!
The child within is full of hope,

And always finds a way to cope.

For if today brings only sorrow...

The sun will shine again tomorrow.

Just close your eyes and think of when

You were just a child again...

When hope and promises all came true...

The child within is still with you!

~ Robert Kogan ~
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