J <br />In a child’s mind, a Father is a hero. <br />He’s magic and he’s mystery, <br />he’s the strongest man <br />in all the world. <br />In a child’s mind, a Father can do no wrong. <br />What Father says, what Father does, <br />is how they want to be. <br />S <br />But sometimes a Father, <br />being human and frail, <br />forgets that the child <br />Is even much more so. <br />And with anger to rule him, <br />his face grows reddened <br />and his words turn dumb, <br />as if he learned, just now, <br />to speak. <br />J <br />In a child’s eyes, Father is the one person, <br />in all the world, who can do no wrong. <br />So when their Father uses words <br />that can hurt and causes pain, <br />the adoring child feels free <br />to use those words on others, <br />in the same way their Father <br />just used those words on them. <br />S <br />So fine, I’m an idiot. <br />Or so my father says. <br />But he also said never <br />to call anyone an idiot, <br />“idiot” being a bad word. <br />So Father, it seems like lately, <br />what you say turns upside down, <br />and now I hear I’m an idiot. <br />So fine. I am, I'm an idiot. <br />But that must make it fine, Father <br />to use these words on her, <br />for she is an idiot, too. <br />J <br />But fathers, even with their faults <br />Are always the one their child adores <br />For children are virtually sponges <br />Soaking up everything they hear. <br />So repeating the words <br />that Father says <br />should never be a surprise, <br />not when you look at life <br />through a Childs Eyes <br /> <br />Sandra Osborne and Janice M Pickett <br />from the collection <br /> <br />The pendulum swings<br /><br />Sandra Osborne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/through-a-child-s-eyes/
