Kids Being Kids

I Know
I’ve Said This Before,
But It’s
Fathers’ Day and
That Got Me Thinking.

Our Big Brother,
Jesus,
Is Reported to
Have Said That
Our Maker,
Whom Some Call
Father,

Gets the Grins . . .
I can Imagine Him
Clapping His Hands
with Divine Delight . . .
When We,
His Beloved
Created Ones,

Behave Like
Happy Kids
Turned Loose
In a Playground.

Not That I Believe
Every Word
In a Book
That Says
Being Wise Begins
With Being Afraid of
Our Adoring Maker –

That Makes No Sense –

But That Book
Also Says She’s
Like a Mother Hen
Hugging Her Little Ones
Close Beneath Her Wings.

It Makes Me Wonder Why
I Get So Serious,
Imagining I Must
Bend the Knee and
Clasp Hands
Beneath Bowed Head,
To Come Before
My Maker,

When All They Want,
for Father’s Day,
Is a House Full of
Kids Being Kids.

(Photo by Edward Cisneros; UnSplash)