To an Eight Years Boy

There are no dragons on earth.
They've never been.
No knights who died in the fire of love!

There are no princesses on earth.
They've never been.
No beautiful girls who wanted a hero to die!

There is not one love on earth.
It has never been.
You, boy, know love in every little bird and butterfly!

There is not only one life, you have.
It has never been
When you are older, boy,
Choose every day a new!

When you are older,
My beloved eight years boy,
Give away your restless love
To everything you'll meet.

Give your love to everything you'll meet
Like you do today.
There is no need to be a dying hero
If you just share your love.

There is one truth,
My Jimmie-boy.
Some are afraid of love.
This fear lets them try to escape.

There is one truth,
Jimmie.
They forget how to love.
They go blinder with every pill, they take
to prove their love.

When you grow older,
You lovely eight years boy.
Smile just to every new morning sun!

This will help you
To forgive,
That the fairy-tales your mother read once,
And the wishes your father had in you,
Let you cry in your songs
And let you mix up love and suffer.