advice from a child

 one three and five

have you ever been more alive

then when you were one three or five?

trees are for climbing

grass meant for pulling

leaves meant for picking

who would think otherwise?

this is just the way life is,

when you are three

or when you are five.

yes the world seems spinning and crashing

leaders hope no longer lasting

yes sadness is growing

so the children do the drumming

so the children keep on coming

with the joy of the morning

and I get to learn

that our roads are the same

the child and the full grown

we both get to roam

we both get our day

  and children talk if they're sad

they reach their arms up if they're mad

they shout and laugh at the same time

enjoy the music and the rhyme

they never have had enough

because they choose the simple stuff

one three and five

everything is alive

dogs to be kissed

flies to be squished

brothers to be pushed

supper to be mushed

who would think otherwise?

this is the way life is,

when you are 

one three and five.