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A child's hand
Reaches toward
The rays of the sun

Not to hold them

But to touch and be touched

By the warm yellow light.

The hand that reaches for the world
Because it is there

For no reason

But to be touched
By curious hands

Stops the hands of time
In a child's heart
Where dwells
The light of the sun

We speak of it
As the soul

It is the inner voice
Whose language is light
Whose lexicon is mystery
Whose syntax is truth

Children speak with that voice
Long before they speak
To anyone

Some never lose the language