A punishment ungiven

"I didn't know" he says to me as his eyes dart to and fro It's the first thing that he has said since I found out that he'd been neglecting his studies The anger that had been within when I felt lied to subsides It's replaced by a strange sort of calm and despite myself [...]

“Dad” a poem by my son

My son had an assignment where he had to write a simple, four line poem. This was the result. I'm trying not to have my head explode. Dad.