Through A Child’s Eyes (Jan And Sandra) Poem by Janice M Pickett

J
In a child’s mind, Daddy is a hero.
He’s magic, he’s mystery,
and he is the strongest
man in the world.
In a child’s mind Dad’s can do no wrong
What Daddy says and does
is how they want to be
S
After telling my father
that I was leaving his house
and to please
not throw my stuff
out into the street,
he replied:
'Your not leaving
fast enough.'
J
A Father.
The one person in the world
who can do no wrong, in a child’s eyes.
So when that adoration brings with it
words that can hurt and cause pain,
that adoring child feels free to
use those words on others,
in the way, that their Dad has used
those words on them.
S
So, now I'm an idiot.
Or so my father tells me.
But he also told me once
that 'idiot', was a bad word.
And father, it seems that lately,
what you say, turns upside down,
and now I hear that I am what is bad.
So I guess it's OK to use the bad words
on her, for she is an idiot.
J
For fathers, even with their faults
Will always be the one their child adores
Children are virtual sponges
and they soak up everything
So repeating what Daddy says
is no surprise
When you look at life
through a Child's Eyes