You perform a rhapsody
Day in and out
Of love and pain and laughs and tears
And I fall for every prop
You look at me for all
As if I caused the sun to shine
Told the moon to rise and sparkle
Were it asked you’d say
I was the one. The one.
Who dragged the moon to the sky
Who put the sun to bed
Who rose at dawn to wake the world
Shook it out of bed
I won’t abuse you of this thought
Or fail it while you carry
A necessary delusion that keeps us all merry
That makes me large enough to carry
The love and pride and fear and worry
That you alone have brought
I warrant a giants space
A gods all knowing visage
With all the pride and love you give me
The illusion won’t stand forever
Soon you will discern
That who you thought were mighty
Were little but concerned
And eager and bemused
Agobbed at what life wrought
As soon as you arrived we knew
The gifts that weren’t yet bought
The truth that we disguise
Is evident to other eyes
To any looking at you and the grown ups who can’t catch up
While you labor in a lie
One we all must cling to
The truth, it’s you not I
That we all revolve and cling to
You are the sun and we the earth
As much as we can figure
But if that’s wrong and you’re the earth
Than that should only figure
Of all celestial bodies it’s the moon that we must be
As the sun that shines and alights us
Is all that we can see.
developing dad 