"bil" poems - Hello Poetry

“Will you please leave the light on?” Said the young Boy to his Dad. “I’m kinda scared at night time, but I hope that you’re not mad ‘cuz when I am grown up big like you, I won’t be afraid no more Then you can turn the light off and even shut the door.” “It’s not the dark that scares me.” Said the Father to his Son. “It’s the early hours of morning When the light has just begun To creep in through the window, Push the darkness from the room and Sweep away the shadows like an Illuminating broom.” “So why’s the morning scare you, Dad?” “I really like the day. I get dressed and Mom makes breakfast, I get to watch TV and play. Sometimes we go out shopping and buy groceries and stuff, She might buy me an ice cream cone – if I’m good enough.” The Father laughed, sat on the bed, and held his small Son’s hand. “I wish I could explain it, Son, in a way you’d understand. At night the dark can hide the truth, I dream and make big plans. Then morning brings reality to my castles built in sand. While you and Mom have breakfast, I have to go to work. I have RE-SPON-SI-BIL’-ITY and duties I can’t shirk. People there DEPEND-ON-ME. I don’t want to LET-THEM-DOWN.” Dad suddenly stopped talking when he saw his young Boy frown. “It sounds like you don’t like your work.” “You should stay home with Mom and me! Then you can help make breakfast, and it’ll be us three. We’ll have a really good time - you won’t be afraid of day. We’ll help Mom do the dishes, then we’ll go out and play. Maybe you can pitch some ***** and I can learn to bat? ‘Cuz please don’t tell her, but you know - Mom isn’t good at that. But she can go out shopping, and we’ll stay home alone, And, DAD, if you are REALLY good, I’ll make YOU an ice cream cone!” Dad leaned over, kissed his Son, and said, “I think I might.” “You said some things that I forgot, and I think you got it right. I know you and Mom DEPEND-ON-ME, and I have RE-SPON-SI-BIL’-ITY To help her make the breakfast and to help you learn to bat, And maybe I’m afraid of day ‘cuz I’ve been forgetting that. So tonight I’ll leave my light on And I’ll leave your light on, too. And tomorrow morning, when it’s light, I’ll stay home with you! PwL 1990 to 2015

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Mar 21, 2015

Mar 21, 2015 at 12:14 AM UTC

phil-lindsey

Leave the Light On

“Will you please leave the light on?” Said the young Boy to his Dad. “I’m kinda scared at night time, but I hope that you’re not mad ‘cuz when I am grown up big like you, I won’t be afraid no more Then you can turn the light off and even shut the door.” “It’s not the dark that scares me.” Said the Father to his Son. “It’s the early hours of morning When the light has just begun To creep in through the window, Push the darkness from the room and Sweep away the shadows like an Illuminating broom.” “So why’s the morning scare you, Dad?” “I really like the day. I get dressed and Mom makes breakfast, I get to watch TV and play. Sometimes we go out shopping and buy groceries and stuff, She might buy me an ice cream cone – if I’m good enough.” The Father laughed, sat on the bed, and held his small Son’s hand. “I wish I could explain it, Son, in a way you’d understand. At night the dark can hide the truth, I dream and make big plans. Then morning brings reality to my castles built in sand. While you and Mom have breakfast, I have to go to work. I have RE-SPON-SI-BIL’-ITY and duties I can’t shirk. People there DEPEND-ON-ME. I don’t want to LET-THEM-DOWN.” Dad suddenly stopped talking when he saw his young Boy frown. “It sounds like you don’t like your work.” “You should stay home with Mom and me! Then you can help make breakfast, and it’ll be us three. We’ll have a really good time - you won’t be afraid of day. We’ll help Mom do the dishes, then we’ll go out and play. Maybe you can pitch some ***** and I can learn to bat? ‘Cuz please don’t tell her, but you know - Mom isn’t good at that. But she can go out shopping, and we’ll stay home alone, And, DAD, if you are REALLY good, I’ll make YOU an ice cream cone!” Dad leaned over, kissed his Son, and said, “I think I might.” “You said some things that I forgot, and I think you got it right. I know you and Mom DEPEND-ON-ME, and I have RE-SPON-SI-BIL’-ITY To help her make the breakfast and to help you learn to bat, And maybe I’m afraid of day ‘cuz I’ve been forgetting that. So tonight I’ll leave my light on And I’ll leave your light on, too. And tomorrow morning, when it’s light, I’ll stay home with you! PwL 1990 to 2015