Trust Poem by Wei Chao

My dear daughter,
You were just four years old,
While playing you slipped,
And had a gash on your head.
Me and your mum,
Took you to the hospital.
You wanted me to hold your head,
While the doctor was inspecting
Your parietal bones
And gave you a few stitches.
I found you trust me,
In a time of pain and fear.

My dear daughter,
You were just five years old,
You had a high fever.
Me and your mum,
Took you to a clinic.
After the diagnosis,
The doctor suggested,
To draw out a blood sample.
Your naïve look changed to fear,
I had to hold and calm you down.
I found you trust me,
In a time of pain and fear.

My dear daughter,
You were just ten years old,
Our family dentist referred you,
To an orthodontist.
You wanted me to be with you,
When you made the first visit.
Your milk teeth, some were extracted;
You wanted me there at the clinic.
At seventeen, the treatment ended,
You happily showed me your teeth.
I found you trust me,
In a time of uncertainty and fear.

My dear daughter,
You just like going to school.
You brought home awards
And outstanding report cards.
Good feedback from your
Homeroom teachers,
At parents-teachers meetings,
We were proud parents there.
Your arts were selected,
And displayed for public viewing.
I believe you trust your teachers,
In the learning environments.

My dear daughter,
You are now nineteen years old,
A sophomore in university.
You are coping well with
Courses you take and their exams;
We are proud; that you're on Dean's List.
You look happy and stress-free.
We're glad you're enjoying it.
I can see you feel safe and free
With activities at the campus.
I believe you trust faculties and
All the staff there.

My dear daughter,
You are about to turn twenty,
At the end of your adolescence,
At the beginning of your adulthood,
A very important time of your life;
Be it for medical school, career,
Marriage, first child, first house.
Belief, credibility, and trust,
I want you to keep the focus on them,
Then, you'll be happy in life.
From now on, you have to earn
And start to build up trust.

My dear daughter,
So far, you've achieved well
With school work, look easy,
And it has to continue.
Faculties are training you to achieve
A well-rounded skill set
To enter the workforce;
Be it: projects, thesis, and internship.
You have to trust the system,
Your thesis advisor and mentors.
You are in the process of building up
Self-belief; you have to trust them.

My dear daughter,
Dean's List is a source of honor,
Courses' credits are acknowledgment,
The degree certificate is credibility
Giving out to you by the institution.
The credibility you will need
To pursue your next goal
Will continue to mount
In every stage of your life, just like
What you're doing for your credit score now.
Credibility is trustworthiness,
It's the trust you've given out and received.

My dear daughter,
I hope you will soon find an entity,
You want to give out faithfulness and loyalty.
That comes down to your self-belief
And credibility you've been building up.
Trust is in your words, gestures, and actions;
They need to be of a sustaining period,
Opportunities and resources will be given to you,
Capture them as they're presented to you.
All those years of hard work and discipline,
You have been building up trust well,
You just have to focus and expand it.
Remember them! Belief, Credibility, and Trust.
Trust yourself! Trust your peers! Trust your boss!