Children learn to smile from their parents
But I miss seeing your shining face
Are you on fire from the years?

Are you intentionally dimming that light,
Or has some small darkness swallowed it up?
Children learn to smile from their parents

I remember when you fancied yourself a lion
While running free in the back yard
Are you on fire from the years?

You used to take the long cut
And escape all night in books
Children learn to smile from their parents

I wonder if I’ve lost you
You seem a stranger now
Are you on fire from the years?

Once you were so tiny in my young arms
Yet so mighty in my heart still
Children learn to smile from their parents
But are you just on fire from the years?

NaPoWriMo day 5
“Children learn to smile from their parents” ~Shinichi Suzuki
“Are you on fire from the years? What would you give for your kid fears?” ~The Indigo Girls