Look me in the Eyes - <br />For I am a blank slate, <br />Waiting for your words; <br />Speak to my tender soul, <br />And enlighten me of my worth. <br /> <br />Looking to you I believe – <br />That truth must flow freely; <br />Making you all powerful, <br />To a loving, trusting child, <br />Prepared to be good or bad. <br /> <br />Make me worthless now – <br />Flowing words of disdain, <br />Cutting deeply into my heart. <br />Would you not see the scars? <br />A bad child grows into pain. <br /> <br />Or build me up with love – <br />Speaking with gentle kindness; <br />Guiding me into self-awareness. <br />Would you do that for me? <br />A good child grows into beauty.<br /><br />Kim Schilling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-a-child-believes/
