Every energetic restless 
Mother-dependent baby yearns for one thing 
Above all others: autonomy
To be a self-governing country, 
A sovereign state in its own skin and bone
  
And to have the capacity 
Of a responsible free agent, 
Rather than the servant of impulsive 
And self-destructive desires.
  
Crawling across the floor, head up, 
Under a halo of the softest hair 
Is a daring darling world explorer.