The World of Little Boys and Girls

The World of Little Boys and Girls

(or, the Science of Imagination)

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Into the streaming mythic mind,

the flow of Spirit outside time;

like in a dream yet wide awake,

I enter a strange and symbolic state.

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We all do it to some degree:

a new home can cause a reverie;

"falling in love" is a good example;

or the power of money in our hands.

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And once the daydream is activated,

it sweeps me up, gets me motivated:

a mythical quest to find the Grail;

or tame a fiery Dragon by the tail.

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If you want to see this happening,

look at children whilst they're playing;

carried along by their inSpiration,

acting out what the fairies are saying.

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To indulge in such idle fantasy,

imagination unrestricted by reality,

is still frowned upon in our schools,

education can repress being magical.

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Where is that realm that we once knew,

climbing trees, playing without shoes?

I hear the echo of playground yells,

the world of little boys and girls.

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In a puff of Spirit

the Dragon appeareth!