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Open Poetry #45

The Wisdom Of Children

GBride
Senior Member

since 2009-07-02

Posts 538

0 posted 2009-11-04 10:21 PM

I am now wary of the wisdom of children.
It takes my unawares and pins me to the earth
They pepper me with questions I cannot answer.
Without showing myself to be a fool!

They assault me with their innocence.
They reveal to me my contradictions.
In the way I think, in the way I reason
Why did I not realize these faults myself?

I will not say, “Because I said so.” or
“You will understand when you are older.”
Because it is my duty, without doubt,
to give them a rational answer.

Why did God make them so wise
so as to see me in my foolishness.
It's quite humiliating to be tricked,
by the wisdom of children.

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2009-11-04 10:40 PM

LOL, a feeling most every parent can feel and understand!

Mysteria

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since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

2 posted 2009-11-04 11:50 PM

And grandparent (especially with a remote control in their hand.)

SlowlyFallAway
Member

since 2008-08-29

Posts 279
North Carolina

3 posted 2009-11-05 09:49 AM

Hopefully I'll never have to deal with this, and I have no idea what it's like, but from what I've heard from my parents, you captured it quite well.

GBride
Senior Member

since 2009-07-02

Posts 538

4 posted 2009-11-09 06:57 AM

Thanks for replying folks.
Children never cease to amaze me.
My faults are so obvious to everyone but me.
I takes a child to point them out.
Thank God there is someone around to point them out to me or I would never grow.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2009-11-10 08:24 AM

This is great, dear GBride! The newest generation seems to come to the world already instructed and wise ...

I do understand this very well. When we are not able to answer their questions properly, we can also tell them that we can do a research together, after all we are not supposed to be omniscient.

Anyway I agree with you, sometimes they come up with things that are not easy to handle.

Very nice.
Love,
Margherita

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