Going Hairless

Oh, Dad, why did you do it?

It's just - you look so weird,

Your face looks sort of lonely

I liked your face as it was, Dad,

I liked it covered in hair,

I liked your chin all bristly

Not pink and bald and bare.

Why did you shave it off, Dad?

It doesn't look like you,

Your lips look sort of worried

And not sure what to do.

I'll miss your tickly beard, Dad,

When you come to say goodnight,

I'll miss the way it prickles

Whenever we have a fight.

My friends all liked your beard, Dad,

I know they'll miss it too,

I'm not sure that they'll recognise

That you are really you.

I bet if you started today, Dad,

It wouldn't take long, I'm sure,

For your beard to be back to normal,

And you'd be my dad once more.

By

June Crebbin