Child discipline

 ‘child discipline’ Trgates,6/24/2026

one last time,
leather belt swung
the metal buckle connecting,
yet not one neighbor raising their voice,
“none of our business”
bs indifference.
how could someone who loved deeply
think a beating fixes a child’s less than?
no doubt they were fixed the same way,
obviously no one begged theirs to stop
either.
worse, the Proverb’s quote
“if thou beatest him with a rod
he shall not die,”
only bettered by twenty-first century 
desire to instruct children,
this laziness of an adult’s memory.
sorry, the sloppy excuse of
“well you do have free will,”
a young one at the receiving end
is never informed of this,
only “this will hurt me more than you,”
another bs aphorism.
nursing bruises, alone,
an unintended innocuous
“I’ll never do this to anyone!”
yet it’s all you know
until you know something else.
people doing the best they can,
pray they learn not to prey,
maybe learn like those Blessed Children
“Love covers a multitude of ills.”
looking into yesterday’s mirror
you’re glad for the grace of today.