I HAVE NO WORDS OF ADVICE..
NOTHING TO PREACH,,
BUT I DO HAVE DREAMS..
HOPES..
UNSAID.. UNHEARD..
DEEP WITHIN..
I MAY NEVER SAY
BUT I WISH..
I WISH…
I WISH I COULD BRING YOU UP
TO BE FREE..
UNBOUND, UNHELD.. UNBLINDED
BY THE WALLS OF MY PARENTHOOD,,
I WANT YOU TO BE FREE..
FREE AS A BIRD,
EXPLORING THE WORLD..
FREE AS A BEAST..
OUT IN THE WILD..
NOT CAPTIVE,
BEHIND BARS,,
NOT A SPECIMEN FOR ALL TO SEE
NOT WALKING AROUND IN YOUR TINY SPACE
AS SPECTATORS OBSERVE
AND THROW IN FOOD..
THEIR MORSELS OF APPRECIATION
FOR YOU TO NIBBLE ON..
WHERE YOU SEE THE
MURALS ON THE WALL
AND CALL IT HOME..
NO…
I DON'T WANT
YOU TO BELIEVE..
THAT LIFE IS EASY,,
THAT THE WORLD IS
AS BIG AS YOUR CAGE..
THAT FOOD IS WHAT YOU ARE FED..
I DON'T WANT YOU TO SIT THERE
NIBBLING ON...
WAITING FOR THE VET
TO CONDUCT HIS WEEKLY INSPECTION..
YEAH.. SOUNDS EASY…
BUT I DON'T WANT EASY FOR YOU..
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT THE FOREST
IS NOT ALWAYS AS GREEN
AS THE WALL PAINTINGS SUGGEST..
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
NOT ALL MEAL IS EASY..
I WANT YOU TO LEARN
THAT LIFE IS NOT EASY..
I WANT…
I WANT YOU TO HAVE HAVE A LIFE..
NOT JUST LIVE..
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
HUNGER..
PAIN…
FATIGUE AND DESPAIR…
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
WHAT IT IS TO HAVE YOUR PREY
GET AWAY..
WHAT IT IS TO LOOSE A BATTLE..
I WANT YOU TO LEARN
AND I WANT YOU TO GET BACK UP
TO LICK YOUR WOUNDS
AND FIGHT ON…
AND THEN MY DEAR
YOU WILL TRULY CHERISH LIFE..
YOU WILL ENJOY
EVERY BITE OF EVERY MEAL..
YOU WILL SAVOR EVERY STEP
YOU TAKE…
THEN MY DEAR
YOU WILL KNOW
HAPPINESS…
AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT..
YOUR HAPPINESS…
UNBOUND.. UNRESTRAINED..
UNOBSTRUCTED BY WALLS-
NON EXISTENT..
AT THIS POINT
YOU MAY ASK
“WHAT IF WE WERE THE DEER??”
WELL MY DEAR..
THAT DOESN'T MATTER..
FOR I WILL BE THERE...
YOUR FATHER..
YOUR FRIEND..
YOUR BEST ALLY..
I SHALL WALK BY YOUR SIDE…
I SHALL TEACH YOU TO RUN..
TO PROTECT YOURSELF
TO GO DOWN FIGHTING…
TO NEVER SURRENDER..
TO DREAM…
TO HOPE…
AND MOST IMPORTANT…
TO LIVE…
AND IF EVER
WE ARE CORNERED,
WAITING FOR THE LION TO POUNCE,
AND YOU FEEL AFRAID..
KNOW THIS MY CHILD
AS I HOLD YOUR FACE AND
LOOK INTO YOUR EYES..
KNOW THIS..
THAT COURAGE IS NOTHING
BUT AN OFFSPRING OF FEAR,,
COURAGE IS THE CHILD
BORN IN THE WOMB
OF YOUR DEEPEST FEAR
BY HOPE…
SO HOLD ON MY LITTLE ONE..
HOLD ON TO YOUR HOPE…
HOLD ON..
HOLD ON AS YOUR FEAR
SURRENDERS…
BECAUSE ON THAT DAY,
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES
I WISH TO SEE
THAT SPARK OF HOPE…
AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT IT IS THAT SPARK
WHICH WILL IGNITE MINE..
WHICH WILL BRING A SMILE
TO MY LIPS
AS I SAY “DON'T BE AFRAID”
AND WALK OUT TO DEFEND YOU….
-joker-
