LEAVING HOME

Mom! I think I will just run away,
Because, I don't like, what you have to say!
I can't do as I please, all the day long,
You will feel sad, when your child is gone!
I will pack all of my toys, storybooks and clothes!
And you will miss me, each day, I suppose!
Aren't you sorry for scolding me, now?
I'll go far away....and I can't tell you how!
You will be worried and phone all of your friends,
When will I come home? Well, it just depends,
On letting me have my own way, all of the time,
I hate all of your rules...I hope you'll change your mind!
You want to help me to pack everything?
You are checking on things, that I need to bring?
You don't seem to care, that I'm going, so....
Why don't you know, that I don't want to go?
You've kissed me goobye and said you'll miss me!
I'm changing my mind!! How can this be?
I think I should stay until tomorrow, for...
It was so dark outside, when I opened the door!
There is something scary, down that black road!
Besides, my suitcase is too heavy...such a big load!
I'm not feeling well and my tummy is so hungry!
I smell cookies baking and I'll bet they taste yummy!
Would it be O.K....for me to go and see?
Perhaps you will have one or two, just for me!
Hmmm! They taste so good.....I think I might stay!
My bed looks so cozy and my toys want to play!
The problem is solved and now life goes on,
He's now aware, that this is a good place to belong!
No more discontent....once again we've passed the test!
Learning, that Mom's love and home are the BEST!
Now, what would I have done, if he'd not changed his mind?
I'd have gone with him....followed closely behind!
Adults, like children, who aren't quite "in tune",
Yearn for green pastures and a new Harvest Moon!
Not yet aware, of all the good things they leave!
Searching for something, that will only deceive!
They act just like children, who don't want to mind!
One day, will regret it and then they will find,
They're suspended, between right now and the past!
They put their weak faith, in things that don't last!
Too proud to admit, that they should not stray!
Childish behaviour.....so late in the day!!

Pauline Banning    W3-900-D8

It is interesting to note the actions of children and adults. Chronological
age does not seem to guarantee standards of behaviour. Sometimes, in a six
year old, we find words of wisdom and proper conduct and sometimes, in a
fifty year old, or even an eighty year old, the behaviour and vocabulary
are very imature.My four year old son, who could read, at the age of two,
decided that he did not agree, with my ideas one day. So, he informed me,
that he was going to run away from home. Instead of getting upset, or
caving in to his determination to have rules, that were not suitable for
his age, I calmly stated, "I will miss you, but if this is what you really
want, then I will help you pack." He had not expected this response and
began to look a little worried. His bluff had been called and I am sure,
that he was desperately trying to figure out, how to gracefully back up,
without appearing too ridiculous or cowardly. Fortunately he changed his
mind and I never heard about leaving home again. He was an only child, at
that time, but I think he might have told his brother and sister, at a
later date, that leaving home was not a good idea, because they did not try
it.

We smile and think it is just a childish thing, when children threaten to
leave home, for some small reason. It is their way of showing us, that they
are not pleased about something. Of course, they are depending on us to
show our love, by wanting them to stay. However, adults, in our modern
world, act just as childish and it takes very little, to make them give up
years of commitment. They willingly break promises "to love honour and
cherish, until death do us part" and head off into the unknown, for greener
pastures. When they get to the next field, they often find, that it isn't
as "green" as it seemed, at a distance. Too late! Regrets will not bring
back, all that they had and the saddest thing of all, is the fact, that
they made others regret, that they had ever known them! Losing the trust,
of those close to you, is a high price to pay....for once destroyed, it can
never be regained.

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