Street Sense For A Five Year Old

 Young lads have a taste for adventure –

I’m sure that you know this is true –

If ever you’ve watched a youngster

And you’ve seen what he’d dare to do.

Like riding his bike down the middle of the street –

Must make him feel like a groove, big guy –

Though he looked both ways before getting on the seat,

The cars still go whizzing by.

Like riding a big-wheel down the driveway

Sloped enough to give a fast ride –

He has no concept of danger –

Or of the car with whom he might collide.

You cannot expect understanding

From the mind of a five year old lad

But with loving parental guidance,

He has the chance to grow up like his Dad.

It’s not easy to say “No” to a youngster

When his request seems harmless enough –

But he’s learning no self-discipline

Needed when the going gets rough.

Just stop and think for a moment

And search deep inside your heart –

Your years of living give you experience,

These things, to your son, you should impart.

Would you rather have just one day of fun –

Would you rather see one thrill on his face –

And then have him taken forever

By death, lost to the human race?

Or to have him become a cripple,

His life a hopeless flop –

Because he flew out in front of a car

And the driver just couldn’t stop?

I’m just an old grey-haired granny,

Hoping to save a child –

If but one Mother heeds this warning –

The writing will be worthwhile.