5/29/2006

For the child in you

Remember reading Shel Silverstein's books when you were a kid? Like Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic? So, I found another cool artist at Scarborough Faire this weekend that had a great poem from Shel Silverstein on his website.

Listen to the mustn'ts
Listen to the mustn'ts, child.
Listen to the don'ts
Listen to the shouldn'ts
The impossibles, the won'ts
Listen to the never haves
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
anything can be.

- Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

Really amazing - when you go back and read some of those old poems, it's amazing to see how they appeal to the innocence of children - looking at the world in an unbiased manner, taking things at face value. Just welcoming the world. Makes you feel like a chlid again :)

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