Children's Poem, "Daddy's Boots"

from the Book, "Barking Spiders Poetry 2", by C.J. Heck

To quote Daniel Webster, "There is nothing so powerful as truth". 

There is also nothing quite as truthful as the naive and gentle honesty of a child. They have such an innocent view of their world and surroundings, sometimes with thought-provoking insight.

Hi, I’m CJ. I write poetry of all kinds, but my favorite will always be poetry for children from a child’s point of view.

This is a poem I wrote and framed for one of my grandsons years ago. His daddy was a Marine Force Recon sniper and on yet another deployment. It was always so hard for my grandson every time his daddy had to go away.

Daddy's Boots

Daddy left his boots for me					
and here I have to stay,
'cause Daddy is a soldier,
I'm in charge while he's away.

In Daddy's boots I can pretend		
that now I am the man,						
who does the things that Daddy does
as only Daddy can.

I help and take the trash out,
I help with folding clothes,
I help to set the table,
and I hope Daddy knows

every day I wear his boots
so I'll feel close to him
and I try to keep mom happy
till he comes home again.

I know that he's protecting us,
that's what soldiers do,
but his boots are way too big for me,
and my job being him is too.

Oh when is Daddy coming home?
I miss him all the time.
Mom said Daddy's proud of me,
and his boots ... fit me just fine.

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