Little Vintages

30th September 2005, Singapore - In dedication to all tiny people this Children's Day and the people who brought them into this world.

Little people with great ambitions
Stake or stove we their aspirations?
The ceiling to juvenile pursuits is as glass
To breakthrough, to conquer, to surpass
Potential, vigor - the essence of youth
plausibly unstoppable in the search for truth
Should zest fizzle, when ladders to dreams turn brittle
What then is childhood with all but to brood?

As arrows in hand, they'll fly where you show
To the stars or the ground, don't break the bow
Incubate your little ones, prepare them for the day
When fiery darts and testing comes
To stand their ground unfazed
Envelope them in wise teachings
Withhold not your love and listening
Children are God's gift to us,
mature them as wines, characteristically vintage.