Strength of Children - James Hanway

 Strength of Children - By James Hanway

10.18.2020

Life can feel quite daunting when you're growing and still small

But strength can hold all shapes and sizes

Standing short or looming tall.

Courage holds no boundaries

It's within each boy and girl

To become what they are meant to be, to be a part of their own world.

For some the seas are treacherous 

Through squalls and winds they soldier on 

While others muster quietly, proving day and night how they are strong.

No matter where the trial starts

Each loving heart will bend not break

For the strength of children does not waiver, each one holds keys to the greatest gates.

Love is born within each soul

Tender minds formed without hate

 And all possess the character, to change the world or reset fate.

The strength of children knows no bounds

Endless chances for open hands

Its in the grasp of men and women, to show the love how to expand.

No precious life is born of fear

No malice coursing through their veins

Each child learns from lessons witnessed, to practice love or live in shame.

Its no tremendous secret

That each growing person needs the grown

To give them love and hope and warmth, to nurture nature in a home.