| I TOOK HIS HAND AND FOLLOWED |
| My dishes went unwashed today |
| I didn't make the bed. |
| I took his hand and followed |
| Where his eager footsteps led. |
| Oh yes, we went adventuring, |
| My little son and I... |
| Exploring all the great outdoors |
| Beneath the summer sky. |
| We waded in a crystal stream, |
| We wandered through a wood... |
| My kitchen wasn't swept today |
| But life was happy and good. |
| We found a cool, sun dappled glade |
| And now my small son knows |
| How Mother Bunny hides her nest, |
| Where jack-in-the-pulpit grows. |
| We watched a robin feed her young, |
| We climbed a sunlit hill... |
| Saw cloud-sheep scamper through the sky |
| We plucked a daffodil. |
| That my house was neglected, |
| That I didn't brush the stairs, |
| In twenty years, no one on earth |
| Will know, or even care. |
| But that I've helped my little boy, |
| To noble manhood grow, |
| In twenty years, the whole wide world |
| May look and see and know. |
|
Author unknown. |