I Learned To Walk

I learned to walk when you were beside me But I learned to cry all on my own I learned to talk with you there to guide me And I practiced when I was alone I learned to laugh when Daddy was funny And to smile when I felt all your love I learned to play when outside was sunny Watching the clouds and the birds move above I learned to steal when my siblings showed me And to lie when I learned of time-out I learned to apologize whenever you told me When to whisper and when, if ever, to shout I learned of God every week when you took me And to write when I went to school I only found God when I myself went searching Finding much of the world to be cruel I learned that falling down happens often But that I can't be afraid to ask for aid I learned that others can easily soften The blows of a swift piercing blade I learned to walk when you were beside me I walk every day as if you still are Remembering all the lessons you've taught me Knowing you're the reason I've come this far