Full of Courage

Cartwheels across our floor
       her artwork covers our fridge
    Naps like an angel, cries like the devil
       explores the world, full of courage
  
    Can I go to school with my friends
       she asks, her eyes two blue saucers
    You'd like that, wouldn't you, I shudder
       ~ to stifle your growth, I mutter
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Baker Avatar
October 6, 2023 at 8:04 AM
Better off home-schooling them, my friend. Let their creativity grow while their still young enough to enjoy it. Bill
Kendrick Avatar
October 6, 2023 at 4:16 AM
Grandchildren can wrap us up in their love, personality, beauty and talent. I can tell how much you love this one by what you have written here. Thanks for sharing it with us and for dropping by my page. Sara
Jones Avatar
October 5, 2023 at 10:10 PM
Ha! Miseducation is more like it lol.
Hawkins Avatar
October 5, 2023 at 8:44 PM
Going to school is the first step to losing your innocence.
Wolf Avatar
October 5, 2023 at 8:46 PM
There you go... It used to be that only your curiosity was beaten down. Now your virtue/innocence is a goner too. Schools are dens of iniquity and moral turpitude these days. (Though not all of them --- yet).
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