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Through the Eyes of a Child

By Meredith Mackall

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Take these glasses

And have a look at the world

Through the eyes of a child.

There’s a kind of magic

Don’t you see it?
See how the light filters through the trees

A sprinkling of gold dust settling on your shoulders

Can you see that bird?
You’ve never seen it before

Have you?

Look at its feathers

Each one is different

A myriad of colors
So many that you couldn’t name them all
If you tried.

Look, it’s turning towards us.

Its eyes are striking

You can’t look away

Can you?

It’s spreading its wings
They’re bigger than the both of us

It’s so beautiful

Don’t you think?

Like it’s of another world.

Take off the glasses.

Look again.

The bird’s gone.