A father’s advice to his daughter
16 June 2015
An entry in the Crocodile Prize
Kina Securities Award for Poetry
Don’t do
what adults do
you ain’t one yet
or you’ll regret
Don’t waste time chatting
Keep those legs walking
Fall in love with a book
Not with a look
Be wary of your friends
Not all are good friends
Why is this world
Called a man’s world?
Coz they aim for what they want to achieve
Girls aim for whom they want to achieve
Do you wanna be
Who you wanna be?
Don’t do
what adults do
you ain’t one yet
or you’ll regret
Don’t be a mother on the way
You’ll climb the hard way
What is pain?
Your child crying in the rain
Your tears rolling
And the rain tumbling
Down on you
We won’t be there for you
In his small eyes
Innocence cries
Whose pain?
Your pain!
Darling, avoid the pain
Jimmy, I love your poems. simple but with a message..alluring & captivating.
Posted by: Marlene Potoura | 19 June 2015 at 06:45 PM
I love this one, wow! Powerful for a pretty girl...
Posted by: Philip G Kaupa | 16 June 2015 at 10:56 AM
Great one Jimmy. But on the other hand - to quote good ole WW - the Child is Father to the Man (equally Daughter to the Woman).
Posted by: Peter Kranz | 16 June 2015 at 09:47 AM
A timely reminder of an age-old calamity. Now you have it in print, may its message echo through the eyes of many readers.
Posted by: Robin Lillicrapp | 16 June 2015 at 07:06 AM