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Robert Frazier
Senior Member

since 2003-02-06

Posts 1014

0 posted 2008-05-06 02:08 PM

She asked my opinion
Daughter of mine
What I would do
If I were her
And if the shoe
Were to fit
She was sure
It’d be on someone
I cared about

She talked
I listened
And emptied wisdom
Small as mustard seed
Till done
In sum of reflection
The thing
I’ll cherish most
She asked my opinion

[This message has been edited by Robert Frazier (05-06-2008 04:06 PM).]

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

1 posted 2008-05-06 02:13 PM

And emptied wisdom
Small as mustard seed

~*~

Of course you did...

because her gift of asking
filled you with the gift
to give.

Well done...very poignant, very...
very touching.

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

2 posted 2008-05-06 07:17 PM

Robert...this is very beautiful...an opinion sought is precious indeed... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

3 posted 2008-05-06 09:25 PM

Understanding this and the feeling that goes with it~
It's the little things that mean the most.

Liked this a lot, Robert Frazier~

steavenr
Member Elite

since 2003-11-17

Posts 4058

4 posted 2008-05-12 04:33 PM

ah, yes..."The thing
I’ll cherish most
She asked my opinion"

that is the very cruxt of importance...well done

Angel4aKing
Senior Member

since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

5 posted 2008-05-12 04:56 PM

How sweet...actually gave me chills...If there is one thing we can pass down to our children, that is more precious than gold, it is wisdom....

~~~kingsangel~~~

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

6 posted 2008-05-12 05:41 PM

It's always an honor when our children ask for our opinion because that means they value it and I love the way you wrote about it.
Ida

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

7 posted 2008-05-12 06:09 PM

wonderfully written and to know that your daughter loves you so~~

M

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

8 posted 2008-05-13 09:26 AM

I like the allusion to the parable of the mustard seed---very apt! Most of all, I am moved by the love of a father who values the trust of a daughter---he "listens" while he imparts wisdom. Wonderful poem!

Art

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