While governments come and go,
as politicians duke it out
and vulgarity and tawdriness
define the day,
a six-year-old boy
sprawls on the floor among his friends
with his coloring book, thinking
about the ice-cream party
tomorrow honoring
his perfect attendance
in first grade.

Sonny Rainshine

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-heartbreaking-beauty-of-innocence/