#9 (The Child In The Fields)

 THE CHILD IN THE FIELDS


As time flies by, make it known,

That this unhappy, melancholic tone,

Will be chased away by the lush crops

Of seeds of courage and tenacity you've sown.


It's demeaning to be upset, guilty to be sad,

Assumes the gloomy, depressed lad.

With a young tenure and lonesome feelings,

He feels being melancholic is bad.


With a droopy, long, inexpressive face,

Always assumes the worst, just in case.

The child is thy responsibility, parents.

Must you neither be sulphur nor be base.


For now this child ain't merely eight,

He's entered into a more grown up state.

Halt thy actions and reconsider them 

Give him more love and not just hate.


Supply him space and supply him time,

Be sweet as honey not spur as lime,

For this child has a big heart I know,

Inscribed forever, here, in this rhyme.


-F. Julian

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