On creating and loving

 Undignified
(with apologies, and thanks, to Rachel, for pointing it out.)

Have you ever seen a daddy
Playing good guys versus baddies
Getting caught by little boys
With imaginary ropes?

Have you ever seen a papa
Play charades and making up
A bunch of crazy words and scenes
To pull gleeful from a hat?

Have you ever seen a dad
Tell his kids it's not so bad,
Check their closets, pray for good,
Before he sends them off to bed?

Have you ever heard your pops
When he showers, maybe mops,
Sing a silly song or rhyme
Because his heart is full of joy?

Have you ever seen an artist
Or a baker or the smartest
Person in your class intent
On unraveling their craft?

D'you think God, when making rainbows,
Or giraffes, or frosted windows
Keeps his face all prunes-and-prisms
 - or when He sings, is it with glee?

I can see Him with his tongue out
As He shakes a sheet of rain out
So that one drop - just right there -
Slides on your cheek from off that tree -

When you love you dive in face-first
Watch the light of joy like grace burst
When your mind is racing busy
When you're all wrapped up love -

There's nothing dignified in love
It's silly; you can shove
That word straight out the window -
There's nothing dignified in love.

WWF (weekend wrestling family)

 

Inspired by the playful and loving dad who parents our kids, and by my friend Rachel's characterization of God in Zephaniah 3:17 -
For the Lord your God is living among you.
    He is a mighty savior.
He will take delight in you with gladness.
    With his love, he will calm all your fears.
    He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.