Children and uniqueness
Personalities uncommon
As uniqueness goes
A father contemplates
TEN children they have
And a dog and a cat
Minerva, the mother, Jalen, the dad
Their firstborn is quiet, loves to read
Never hears when mother calls, nose absorbed in
Books of science and exploration
The second child is hyperactive, loud
Always on the run, fun loving and wild
Loves the outdoors and mischief
Child number three, loves mother earth
Always studying, contemplating, watching
As storms blow, nature roars and stars align
Number four, is the engineer or architect
Pulls everything apart,
Tries to put them back together again
Bur for now, like Humpty Dumpty,
They do not fit back so well, hopefully later they will
Five will the Nurse or Doctor be,
Always soothing a hurt, or bandaging a tree
Tends to injury on everyone or thing. The dog, a chair
Brother, sister or leaping after a frog outdoors
Number six is a conundrum, Dreamer, head in the clouds
A poet, a playwright or an actor to be, otherwise
Fascinated by cadavers and what goes on inside
Ah yes! Seven, Bossy as can be. Smaller than most
Yet leader of the lot...at least in her head
Already planning on running her own company
Child eight is the ne'er do well, never listens
Never does what is told, never, never ...never
A handful that one ever is...poor Minerva
Always leaves him to father for discipline
Yet nine is ever sublime. Helpful in the kitchen
Loves to cook, bake and tinker in everything foodlike
Number ten, though still a baby, shows a stubborn streak
Nine lends a hand a lot with the baby, Minerva ever thankful
Point and moral of the story
You waited long enough!
Matters not how many little people you create
Every single one will be unique
There is only ever only one of us
Eight Billion more or less created
Yet each one pure and completely unique
Ever ponder the numerical possibility of such a thing
Ever wonder when the Eternal Architect
Will have perfected his final mold
When the last of us will have been made
And we will be no more!
Love them while you still can!
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Comments (3)
Brilliant & beautiful!!! Loved it!!!💕💖😊
Love them while you still can! Thank you. Lovely poem.
What a beautiful piece of work about family dynamic and being a parent! I love that in such a small space, you were about to create 12 completely unique characters!! Such fabulous work. I am not a parent but this really spoke to me. Reminding me how important it is to work on characterization in my story telling. Specifically the lines "Matters not how many little people you create Every single one will be unique" So heartfelt and amazing!