tell me if you can

tell me if you can
feel the quiet love of a fish?
Jane can because she is a child
and her feelings have not been perturbed
by rules and regulations that prohibit
the crossing of borders between reigns
and species that have long forgotten
how to communicate candidly.

tell me if you can
hear the sound of a leaf falling to the ground?
Jane can because her imagination is free
because her age allows the trees to talk
serious talk among them and they allow
children to listen.When they decide
it is time to make a sacrifice they know
it for the best of the earth, and Jane understands

tell me if you can
talk foreign languages like the language of birds
willing to give her thanks for water and crumbs
and because she does not much care
if they eat fruit from her garden trees;
or perhaps you can make up the story behind songs
sung in arabic, or russian or french
because she can and I love her stories

tell me if you can
for a day a week be like Jane?
open your imagination beyond any rules
ever imposed on you by common sense or any other factors,
swallow the world inside and digest it
then spit it out with a rapid breath in fresh air
and tell me how can we become better
and more important younger, like her.