I can see the mischief dancing behind your eyes

Grinning as if you know secrets previously unknown

Have you discovered the truth hidden within the lies

Broken the code to reveal things that are never shown

Thoughts are swirling around that young impish brain

As your wild imagination rages at the speed of light

All the mysteries of your world you seek to explain

To move beyond the given theories old and trite

Your eyes expose the mass of energy that is the boy

The camera has captured your mischievous spirit

As it tries to hide behind the façade of someone coy

But the shyness cannot conceal your lively trickster wit

Your easy heart and laughter will mask your seriousness

That mischievous soul of youth carries wisdom from its past

Lessons learned through a pranksters structured playfulness

Is now seen in the old man’s knowing grin that he cast