Suffer Little Children

Suffer little children, for they will suffer.

Spare them the odd tantrum, the lapse in manners,

the having all and wanting more.

 

Ignore the notion that you’re spoiling them,

instead indulge them rotten with only a modicum

of caution and less of guilt, for it won’t always be so.

 

 

And with every passing moment their vision will improve,

like the boy with the lazy eye who removes the corrective

patch and sees everything clearly for the first time.

 

So just for this fleeting moment, give them the gift

you cherish.

Suffer little children, for they will suffer.

 

John H Davies

4th January 2011