22.1.13

Unloved Children

There are no bad babies.

Some arrive unexpectedly.
Some are inconvenient.

Some overfill an already crowded room.
But that is no fault of the child.

Some are not loved:
Because their parents are not loving,

Or not in a position to love,
Or were hoping to love some other child instead.

Every note you play is a child:
Produce them deliberately.

Love them fiercely.
There are no wrong notes.


Only notes you didn't want,
Notes you failed to celebrate

Once you gave them life.

1 comment:

GB said...

I like this. Thanks. "If you make a mistake, make it a damn good one."

I wonder how many kids were born as mistakes, but their parents made the very, very best of it?