How Do You Fight Demons?

How do you fight demons?

With the smiles of children.

New toys and candy,

the smell of apple pies

baking on a Sunday morning,

jumping in dead leaf piles,

swinging and sliding,

running and playing.

How do you fight demons?

Not with guns or swords,

not with strength or power,

but with the sweetest,

gentlest, kindest,

most innocent,

least violent of things.

With the smiles of children.