英文诗歌：Grandma Said “Never start f

Grandma Said “Never start fights”

作者：陈国雄

On my first day of school

Grandma gave me a warning

I can still hear today

Running out

With the screen door slamming behind me

Grandma on the front porch

Yelling 3 timeless words

“Don’t start fights”

I heard it many times

From Grandma and Grandpa

In different ways

Growing up

Without mom or dad around

I came to know my grandparents well

They were different people

From a dying time

Grandma patted my back with soft love

While Grandpa dished out tough love to me

Grandpa made sure I got an equal share of each

Grandma reminds me each new school year

‘Don’t start fights’

Grandpa winks every time Grandma says this

And quickly tells me ‘Just finish them’

Grandpa dishes out hard love

He likes to pull me aside to say

‘Just finish them’

Always comes after

‘Don’t start fights’

Whenever Grandpa winks at me

He is saying

“Never swing first”

“Always swing last”

That was grandpa

Making sure I made it home safe

From school each day

‘Never swing first’ kept me out of trouble

‘Always swing last’ kept me alive

That’s what caring grandparents

Can do for you

That’s what my grandparents

Did for me