Children

Children they can make you laugh and they can make you cry
They can give you hell and curry, and they can wish that you would die
As a parent you are obligated, to give them all your love
Especially when they have told you, to go away with a shove

Children they can do so many silly things the kind that make you sad
But there are just as many times, when you’re proud to be their dad
Like a brother sharing a gift with his sister that he had won
Or all the other really good selfless deeds that they have done

Children they can make you, feel like you are really really old
Then when you look at their photos, their worth more than any gold
They grow up and they leave you and fly far from the nest
You take a deep breath and smile knowingly, that you have done your very best

Children they can be the cause of so many sleepless nights
They can make you a referee; yes and the intervener of all their fights
Like the eternal window argument that wafts continually from the back
Then it starts all over again when you drive back home on that long long track

Children they can fill the world with happiness when they are young and still so cute
Then when they get older sometimes, they really need the boot
Like jumping on your bed so early on a sleepy Sunday morn
Or when theyre losing your tools and leavin them outside on the lawn


Children they can really give you so many reasons to want to live
They can think that your wallet is full of holes just like a sieve
They can make you oh so happy and really make you smile
Mine I really love and for them, I will always go the extra mile.




COPYRIGHT POETRY IN PARADISE 09/08/09
TRADEMARK NUMBER 1028534 Jeffrey Goudy