Tabula Rasa
Children understand children
no one else can.
Adults are not equipped with that
spotless white board
that none have written upon.
A bear cub knows it is protected
if knows nothing more.
Its mother must teach it,
mold it into into a creature
that can fight its way through
the hard shell
of this cracked world.
Instruction by example
and molding are two
very different ways to teach.
Children instinctively know this
and without our supervision
they can school us
if we take time to be that childlike.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2023
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