Caleb’s been cutting teeth lately.
There is something about a baby’s screams
That gets under my skin in a unique way:
Helpless, furious, no holding back.
We don’t scream like that post-infancy.
We learn to modulate our emotions.
Christ said that, “Except ye be converted,
And become as little children, ye shall not
Enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
I’ve heard that explained, babies have trust
That their needs will be provided. Or,
Babies don’t worry about the law.
I can see that. I wonder, though, about
The honesty of crying out when in pain.
Maybe we need to relearn how to scream.
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