Childish Fathers “My heart leaps up”, “When I behold A rainbow in the sky:” “So was it when my life began;“ “So is it now I am a man;“ “So be it when I shall grow old,” “Or let me die!” “The Child is father of the Man;” “And I still yet wish all of my days,” “Be bound each to each by natural piety.” “For, when I was a child, I spoke as a child,“ “I comprehended as a child, I thought as a child:” “But when I became a man I put away childish things.” “Yet forever, Wonder remains the beginning of all wisdom,” “Hope still burns eternal, in the light at the end of each tunnel,” “And blessed are the most vulnerable hearts amongst all creation,” “For the gentlest hearts are the strongest, bending without breaking,” “Laboring away in the darkness, somehow, knowing without knowing,” “They have to give in order to receive, and that can require a leap of faith.” “Knowing without knowing, each must contribute what they can to receive.” William Wordsworth, the Bible, Socrates, Albert Camus
This poem is almost entirely direct quotes I just strung together real quick, but I like them. The heart that bends the most, is a popular phase that Taoist masters like to contemplate, and I always wondered what kind of meaning it had for me personally. This basically says what I wished my father could have. Note the similarity to Supertramp's "Logical Song", but with a more humble introspective tone. Whatever the sentiment, my job is to express it as humbly and simply as possible.
