“Once I spoke the language of the flowers,


Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,


Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,


And shared a conversation with the housefly


                       in my bed.


Once I heard and answered all the questions
of the crickets,


And joined the crying of each falling dying

                       
flake of snow,


Once I spoke the language of the flowers. . . .


                        How did it go?


                        How did it go?”

the fact that the potency of the child fades with age is necessary, If adults had the same potency, it would tear the world apart. The most powerful people on earth are children. They observe better ask more potent questions and feel the grain of every answer, turning it in their heads with a power of thought that is only a shadow by adulthood.