the Gift

Татьяна Стрельченко
I was told a mysterious legend.
Unbelievable one! On the earth
Every child is kissed by the Angel
At the very first moment of birth.

There's nothing that babies don't know
(I suspect One by Whom they are told)
They are crying so badly to show
Their knowledge about the world.

It's a burden to be so clever!
And the Angel (nice, pretty and swift)
Kisses pink babies' faces. Forever
They will lose their precious gift.

Yet the knowledge, you had in your mind,
Is somewhere on our earth.
That's the gift we are trying to find
From the very first moment of birth.