How can we expect our children to respect us
when we tell them tales of Easter bunnies
sneaking into the yard late at night
and hiding eggs colorful and bright?
Even the dullest child will begin to question
the story and after the discovery that Santa
isn’t true will never trust anything we say.
They have to give up belief in the tooth fairy too.
Our biggest worry is how to keep the secret
so the younger siblings can live in the fantasy?
They become co-conspirators for a little while
then in a moment of weakness they reveal the ruse
exposing the truth amidst confusion and tears.
How can a child trust a parent
who would purposefully lie?
The whole world is behind this deception
taking advantage of vulnerable kids
and marketing advertisements to millions
perpetuating a deception reinforced
by parents who should have the child's interest
at heart. Yet, several years later when the child's
own offspring celebrate different occasions.
The myths will be pulled out from memory
and told to a new generation making them bigger
and better than ever before, with brighter lights
larger eggs, and cautionary tales of what happens
to children who don’t believe Easter bunnies
lay eggs, and hide them for children to discover.
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