All children deserve lessons from the swing,

Each child deserves to be on the swing,

To learn that if they try hard enough, they can hug the wind,

And that they probably can't catch the stars

but they can reach close enough,

To get used to the ups and downs

and the occasional hurtful falls,

To learn when to stop

before the tummy starts hurting and the head begins to spin.

Each person deserves to be on the swing,

So that when they go down

from the topmost peak

they learn that it is possible to fall

without letting yourself get hurt,

without hitting the ground.