Opening Other Eyes Children, we must leave you, No more to be with you As you dance the Moon And the harvest and the Sun. Children, we must leave you, No more to remind you As you dance through life That the world and you are one. It is time we left you To other gods For a while. Yes, Children, we must leave you To gaze into darkness Till you truly see How the waking world is run. Children, we must leave you Adrift in the darkness Till you've touched the Moon And have sailed beyond the Sun With the gods of numbers And here-and-now For a while. But Children, we'll be with you To help you remember And to wisely use The power you'll have won. Children, we'll be with you, Rejoining, rejoicing, When those other gods And you and we are one, And it's then you'll see Why we had to leave For a while. Thomas G. Digby written 0000 hr 4/27/82 typed 0220 hr 5/11/82 entered 2035 hr 3/29/92 format 13:30 12/22/2001