Walk child, walk
Play as the trees cheer you
Laugh as the bees hear you
Fall to smell the fragrance of flowers
Catch the beetles and colorful cicadas
Show the world the beauty of beings
Run little girl, run…
Away from what you knew life was, Presented, imprinted and fake
Run into what life is to you
Where you start is where you end
Start again, move and bend
Look into everything
Gaze in the eye of all
In ever being, see the spark
Shining in the dark
That dark where you sit still
In the abyss of oceans
In the width of skies
Another shiny dot
Another perfect pearl
Sought yet found
The silence and the sound
The space in between
Where the hand of God
Touches your heart
The playground, the player
The ground, child you know
The pine trees, the olives, the oaks
They are here, branches caress
Your being, you are
Being child, loved and whole
Play, play and play with it all.
Maya Abou Chedid
