He Throws it Away

The child goes to

His mother where she

Was cooking and sets

His eyes on knife

He went to where

The knife was placed

And take it wanted

To be playing with it

His mother looked at

His direction, shouted at

Him to drop the

Knife when he was

Pussyfooting to drop it

His mother left what

She was doing, patiently

Collected the knife from him

Then started educating him

This is an example

Of what is called

A sharp object

Sharp objects are dangerous

Children should not play

With sharp objects because

They can be injured

By it. She asked

To know if she

Understands what she said

He nodded his head

But his mother would

Not take that for

An answer as she asks

Him to repeat what she said

In his own language,

How he understands it

The child with his

Tiny voice started saying

Sharp objects like knives

Blades, pins are dangerous

And children should not

Play with any of them

For they can be

Injured by playing with

Them. He ostentatiously re-echoed

What he has been taught

By his teachers in

The school for that

Was not how his mother

Puts it to him

His mother did not

Bother to say anything

Other than saying “that

Is my little son”.

Took the son by

The arm and left the

Kitchen for the living

Room. Tuning television to carton station

For his child to

Be watching, as she

Returns to kitchen to

Tidy up the place.

After tidying up the

Place she entered her

Room to clean the

Place and before she’s back

The child has returned

To the kitchen again

Took the knife and

Started playing with it

While she was yet

On what she was

Doing she heard a

Sharp noise followed by his cry

She rushed out of

The room to see

What has happened to

Her little son

She could not see

Him in the living

Room and she headed

For the kitchen

Where she saw him

Crying and his index

Finger bleeding and has

Thrown the knife away

But I have told

You before that sharp

Objects are dangerous for

Children, they shouldn’t play with it

Took the knife from

The ground where he

Has thrown it and

Pulled him along

Going to the first aid

Box where she brought

Out cotton wool, spirit

And iodine to clean the wound surface

When she was applying

Those he cried loud

And hard for the pain

Then she continued talking to him

But I warned you

Before that sharp objects

Should not be played with

By children but you did not listen

Now that you have

Learnt by experience you

Know better. Will you

Go there the next time?

She asks him and

He replied by shaking

His head, “I will

Not go there again”

You should learn to

Trust your mother always

Listen to your mother

Always obey your mother

The woman said to

Him as she continues

To clean the index

Finger applying plaster and bandage

To the finger as

He continues to sob

After she finished with

The dressing of the

Finger she took him

To a couch to

Lie down while she

Go to kitchen

To do what she

Should have done before

Taken the knife and

Other sharp objects out

Of the reach of

Her son. It is

Good to educate children

But it is better to be proactive

Children will always nod

Their heads that they understand

What their parents are saying

But being on safer side is better

By taken such sharp

Objects and other dangerous

Things out of the

Reach of the children

This will save the

Parent a lot of

Things and would ensure

The safety of the children