He jumps and sparks

He jumps and sparks

With so much electricity

It could bring a carbon

Neutral solution

To powering the National grid.

It would be easy to organise

A few children in a room

Bouncing off the walls

Indoor soft play areas

On every corner

An environmentally safer option

To gas fired atomic power stations.

So inquisitive

They would question every detail

And parents would need to

Harness their own thought process

Which should mean

Adults would also benefit

From the early learning curve.

He is painting a salt dough mask

And every new task learned

Seems to change his outlook

From moment to moment.

Every new cognition

Seems to create movement

Throughout his body

No matter how small

Even the raising of an eyebrow

Demands attention

As new connections are made.

Matrices and schemas

Create complex circuits

And trace dendritic pathways,

A topographic ocean

Brain in motion.

As they map their world

And as we watch on

They begin to live and learn

In their own individual style

Every single child unique

Precious and perfect

You have to smile

At the lack of guile.

Let us keep it that way.